# @benzinga on TikTok

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.tiktok.com/@benzinga/video/7411919158289419562
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/23044887-benzinga-tiktok
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/legacy-do/02753851f0bc3ac446bba92240193787520635a0299e3224c41d7a63c304668b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2024-09-07T15:11:57.000+00:00

## Caption

A letter from Mark Zuckerberg to the House Judiciary Committee has gone viral with the social media company founder and executive admitting to pressure from the government to censor certain content on Facebook. While the latest news could spell trouble for the role that social media platforms like the Meta owned Facebook play in censorship and free speech, the reaction from Zuckerberg and his pledge to not cave to similar pressure in the future could point to the direction Facebook will take going forward. While Zuckerberg is not wrestling with the backlash against Facebook for censorship, facing backlash is nothing new to the tech executive. It wasn’t that long ago that Zuckerberg faced pressure on a return-to-work policy and a 2010 email that called out employees for leaking information to the media. The confidential 2010 email addressed concerns about the company’s work culture and the treatment of employees under Zuckerberg’s leadership, in response to a TechCrunch article alleging Facebook’s development of a mobile phone, a claim Zuckerberg denied. “It is frustrating and destructive that anyone here thought it was okay to say this to anyone outside the company. This was an act of betrayal. The fact that the story was inaccurate doesn’t make it any better,” Zuckerberg said in an email that was marked as confidential, do not share. In the letter, Zuckerberg laid out a solution for the leaker in question. “So I’m asking whoever leaked this to resign immediately. If you believe that it’s ever appropriate to leak internal information, you should leave. If you don’t resign, we will almost certainly find out who you are anyway.” While the email is over 10 years old, it could share parallels with the current place Meta Platforms finds itself in, cutting jobs and upsetting employees. Meta Platforms announced 11,000 job cuts, representing around 13% of its workforce, in November 2022.

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- **Views:** 56,300
- **Likes:** 804
- **Shares:** 9
- **Comments:** 49

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| Benzinga | News That Moves | @benzinga | https://gondola.cc/benzinga | Brand |
| Jacob Shipley | @okcmayor | https://gondola.cc/okcmayor | Director of Social Media |

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