New emails show the specific details of how the White House pressured Meta to change its policies on content moderation, including through requests to remove satirical content and factual information about the coronavirus and the vaccine.

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) released a new set of "Facebook Files" on Friday detailing email exchanges between Meta and the White House about COVID-19 information. Meta's leadership appears to have clashed with the White House over how to enforce its misinformation policies, including what kinds of posts were to be removed.

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The White House asked for several posts to be pulled down on the grounds of regulating misinformation, according to emails sent by Meta executives in July 2021. These requests included "humorous or satirical content that suggests the vaccine isn't safe," Nick Clegg, Meta head of global affairs, said in emails, as well as "true information" detailing the side effects of the virus, albeit posted without proper context.

When asked why Meta removed posts discussing the COVID-19 lab leak theory in July 2021, Clegg said that it was "because we were under pressure from the [Biden Administration]" and that they "shouldn't have done it." The lab leak theory was initially dismissed but is under investigation by Congress.

Clegg also emphasized before a meeting with the Biden administration's surgeon general that former Meta COO Sheryl Sandberg wanted to "continue to explore some moves that we can make to show that we are trying to be responsive to the WH," including "blackholing" certain web domains. It's unclear what blackholing entails.

"My sense is that our current course — in effect explaining ourselves more fully, but not shifting where we draw the lines … is a recipe for protracted and increasing acrimony with the [White House]," Clegg argued.

A month later, Meta would respond to increased pressure from the White House by restricting some accounts identified as spreading vaccine misinformation, labeled as the "Disinformation Dozen."

Jordan's initial "Facebook Files" thread detailed internal communications at Facebook about COVID-19 misinformation, including the fact that Andy Slavitt, Biden's senior adviser for the COVID-19 response, was "outraged" that Meta did not remove a post discouraging users from getting the COVID-19 vaccine.

Jordan has had his attention turned on Meta for several months. He subpoenaed Meta in mid-February alongside other companies about content moderation policies. He also sent a letter to Zuckerberg last week asking questions about Meta's latest product, Threads.

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced a threat of being held in contempt earlier this week when Meta failed to release the requested documents that Jordan had been seeking, but Jordan backed off after the communications were provided.

The House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing last week featuring 2024 presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on online censorship.