Zuckerberg said he thinks that while they were pushing the vaccine program, they also tried to censor anyone who was arguing against it.
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Reasoning
Claim about what Zuckerberg said he thinks (his opinion); the statement is on record in the Joe Rogan interview but this restates his belief, and 'tried to censor' is vague about unnamed actors.
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Mark Zuckerberg, “Zuckerberg said he thinks that while they were pushing the vaccine program, they also tried to censor anyone who was arguing against it.” (said 10 January 2025). Verdict: unresolvable. Reliability API, claim c_75087508ccd7, method 0.1.0+3f84d14d, dataset release v1.1.2. https://epistacklabs.com/claims/c_75087508ccd7
This claim is in dataset release v1.1.2, with the same verdict.
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