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Zuckerberg declined to endorse either Trump or Joe Biden and said he does not plan to be involved in the upcoming U.S. presidential election. (Reuters)
Donald Trump reveals Mark Zuckerberg called to apologize for past censorship and assured he won’t support a Democrat. Trump discusses the conversation with Fox News
Former US president Donald Trump has said that Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him to apologise for censoring him and assured that he would “not support a Democrat”.
“So, Mark Zuckerberg called me. First of all, he called me a few times. He called me after the event and he said, ‘That was really amazing, it was very brave,’” the Republican presidential candidate told Fox News in an interview.
“He actually announced he’s not gonna support a Democrat because he can’t because he respected me for what I did that day,” Trump said. “They are working on, and I think they fixed it. He’s not doing what he did five years ago, with the 500 million dollars, I don’t believe,” he said.
BREAKING: Trump says Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called him after the assassination attempt, said he isn’t going to support a Democrat and apologized for Facebook and Instagram censoring the iconic photos of him with his fist raised.pic.twitter.com/0beGhyw6Ag
— Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) August 2, 2024
Last month, Zuckerberg declined to endorse either Trump or Joe Biden and said he does not plan to be involved in the upcoming US presidential election in November. Zuckerberg‘s comments come as several influential figures in Silicon Valley, including Tesla boss Elon Musk and venture capitalists Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, back Trump for president.
In an interview with the Bloomberg News, the billionaire tech executive said former President Trump‘s immediate reaction after being shot was “badass” and inspiring, and helps explain his appeal to voters.
Meta has frequently called out Trump‘s posts for containing misinformation and breaching content rules on its platforms. It also suspended his Facebook and Instagram accounts for about two years following the January 2021 Capitol riots. Zuckerberg said Meta was making changes that he hoped would mean Facebook was not as much of a flashpoint in elections going forward.
(With agency inputs)
