October 6, 2021 Sean Duffy: As a parent of 9 here's my take on Facebook whistleblower's testimony As a father of nine children between the ages of 22 and 2, I am all too familiar with the gravitational pull social media has on young people.
October 6, 2021 ‘Social Dilemma’ star says Facebook outage proves need for regulation after blackout hurt small businesses Facebook suffered a massive global outage on Monday that shut down its main site, Instagram and WhatsApp platforms for roughly six hours, and a prominent social media critic said the incident proves how controlling the company truly is.
October 6, 2021 Michael Goodwin: Facebook is too big to regulate, too popular and too important for Congress to tackle Despite Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen’s bold move there is no universal confidence that Congress will take big action.
October 6, 2021 AG Garland faces scrutiny over ties to Zuckerberg-backed ed consultancy amid critical race theory battles Attorney General Merrick Garland is facing fresh scrutiny for his ties to a company that promotes the type of content parents are opposing in their ongoing battle with local school boards – a hot-button issue that Garland has recently targeted for investigation at the national level.
October 6, 2021 Facebook VP pushes back on whistleblower's claims on 'America's Newsroom': 'She's not an expert' Facebook's vice president of content policy, Monika Bickert, blasted the platform's whistleblower, Frances Haugen, saying she is "not an expert" and did not work on child safety issues after she testified on Capitol Hill alleging the platform is more concerned about making money than protecting its users.
October 6, 2021 Victor Davis Hanson: Dems using Facebook scandal to weaponize government against free speech Historian Victor Davis Hanson accused Democrats Tuesday of attempting to capitalize on the ongoing Facebook scandal by weaponizing the federal government to police free speech.
October 6, 2021 Greenwald: Facebook whistleblower is being embraced by liberals intent on controlling political discourse Journalist Glenn Greenwald feels the Facebook whistleblower is a tool to halt content which "offends the sensibilities and beliefs of Democratic Party leaders and their liberal followers."
October 6, 2021 CNN's Don Lemon calls on Big Tech to regulate people's posts, opinions: 'Have them face consequences' CNN host Don Lemon repeatedly called on social media companies to start regulating the opinions and posts of its users Tuesday, declaring that there should be “consequences” for those who post untrue information on any platform and that the true identities of users should be known.
October 6, 2021 Ingraham: Republicans may be walking into a trap Laura Ingraham offered her skepticism of the outrage directed at Facebook after a whistleblower came forward and accused the tech giant of prioritizing profits over safety on "The Ingraham Angle."
October 5, 2021 David Marcus: How I survived a day without Facebook Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp outage? For hours? It is a strange and jarring thing when the information superhighway simply shuts down.