Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg has accused the Joe Biden administration of “pushing” to censor posts about the Covid-19 vaccine on his platforms. In a surprise appearance on the Joe Rogan podcast, Zuckerberg said he was left staggered by the extent to which the US government lobbied to have posts taken down.

Zuckerberg said the Biden team wanted Meta to remove posts that correctly stated that the vaccines could induce side effects.

It comes after Meta announced earlier this week that it would be ending its fact-checking practices and loosen its rules around hate speech and abuse.