Zuckerberg disses Biden (and Meta!) with Rogan

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg used his recent appearance on Joe Rogan’s show to criticize Joe Biden’s administration, what he considers the cultural elite, including mainstream media and journalists, as well as his own company, Meta.

This unusual tirade for the introverted Zuckerberg was clearly aimed at displaying his new allegiance and loyalty to Donald Trump and his allies.

Mark Zuckerberg criticized the Biden administration for pushing for censorship around COVID-19 vaccines, the media for hounding Facebook to clamp down on misinformation after the 2016 election, and his own company for complying in an appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast.

— Axios (@axios.com) 2025-01-10T21:39:31.447Z

Zuckerberg has recently stepped up his efforts to demonstrate his unwavering support for the Trump administration. In particular, he has appointed people close to Trump to key positions at Meta, donated $1 million to Trump’s inauguration, and ended his fact-checking program on his platforms, as well as his DEI initiatives.

He also spoke about these topics on Joe Rogan’s podcast.

There, he touched on a variety of topics, expressing growing resentment towards many of them, including his own company’s policies.

Zuckerberg also sharply criticized the Biden administration for its handling of the COVID health crisis, accusing it of unfairly imposing a form of censorship on his company. Although he admits to having agreed with most of these directives at the time, he says the tipping point for him came when Biden publicly accused social networks of “killing people” by allowing misinformation to spread.

According to him, the Biden administration regularly contacted his team to “shout, hurl insults” and “threaten retaliation” if certain posts, even those Zuckerberg considered truthful, were not removed from his social networks.

Meta’s CEO goes all the way back to the 2016 election to further his thoughts, claiming that he and others within the company wrongly bought into the idea promoted by “the mainstream media” that misinformation on social networks helped elect Donald Trump.

Zuckerberg now claims that he and his company were “too biased” in their judgment at the time.