Facebook - Page 59

May 5, 2021

Hawley: Facebook board's Trump ban proves it's time to 'get serious' on antitrust action

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., renewed his call for antitrust action against Facebook and other tech platforms on Wednesday, calling it “a little bit ridiculous” that an oversight board was able to determine whether the social media platform’s suspension of former President Donald Trump’s account was justified.

May 5, 2021

Freedom of speech is from the Constitution not 'Facebook's Oversight Board,' RNC says of Trump ban

The Republican National Committee slammed Facebook as “an extension of the left’s woke mob” after its oversight board upheld a ban on President Trump.

May 5, 2021

Sen. Bill Hagerty: Facebook vs. Trump -- Big Tech's censorship regime out of control. Here's how we fix it

Facebook’s decision to uphold its suspension of former President Donald Trump’s account underscores that Big Tech corporations are attempting to control what the American people are allowed to say and hear.

May 5, 2021

Conservatives must fight Big Tech censorship ‘in the marketplace’: Gowdy

Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy said that conservatives have to fight big tech censorship in the marketplace.

May 5, 2021

Boebert blasts Facebook over continued Trump suspension, calls for antitrust action

Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., called Wednesday for Facebook to be broken up after the social media giant’s oversight committee affirmed a decision to suspend former President Donald Trump’s account following the Jan. 6 riot at the Capitol.

May 5, 2021

White House backs social media crackdown on 'misinformation' after Trump Facebook ruling

The White House on Wednesday said social media companies need to do more to protect the public from “disinformation” and “misinformation,” after Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the company’s ban against former President Trump from using the platform.

May 5, 2021

Facebook under fire for encouraging border crisis with ads for human smugglers, cartels: Rep. Kat Cammack

EXCLUSIVE: Rep. Kat Cammack, R-Fla., sent a scathing letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Wednesday for trying to "silence" conservative views on his platform while allowing human smugglers and cartels to "openly" operate on the social media site.

May 5, 2021

Trump Facebook ban could be a fundraising hurdle for possible 2024 campaign, sources say

The Facebook Oversight Board decision to uphold former President Trump’s ban from the platform could be “devastating” to his digital marketing and fundraising efforts for 2024, a source with Trump’s Facebook strategy told Fox News Wednesday, while others close to the former president said his fundraising track record since being banned from social media sites “suggests otherwise.”

May 5, 2021

Democrats Schiff, Omar celebrate Facebook's indefinite Trump ban

Democrats, including Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., praised Facebook's indefinite ban of former President Trump.

May 5, 2021

Jonathan Turley: Facebook vs. Trump – Big Tech has allowed for the creation of a state media without the state

The decision of the Facebook board to uphold the decision to ban former President Donald Trump but reconsider his lifetime ban may seem transparently convenient for many. However, there is precedent.