FEC Complaint Filed Against Facebook for Federal Election Campaign Violations

AmmoLand ^ | 6 October, 2020 | Dean Weingarten

[marktwain]

John Crump, a regular journalist for AmmoLand News, and Gun Owners of America have filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) alleging violations of provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 by Facebook, the company.

The complaint alleges Facebook (FB), and/or Agence France-Presse (AFP), and Kamala Harris, the candidate for Vice President on the 2020 Democratic ticket, have violated the Federal Election Campaign Act act in the following ways. From the complaint:

1. the prohibition on corporations making in-kind contributions (see 52 U.S.C. §§ 30101(8), 30118);

2. the limitations on making coordinated expenditures (52 U.S.C. § 30116(a)(7));

3. the prohibition on making Independent Expenditures without disclaimers and reporting (52 U.S.C. §§ 30104(g) and 30120(a)); and

4. the prohibition on foreign nationals making in-kind contributions for the purpose of influencing a federal election (52 U.S.C. § 30121).

The hostility of Facebook against gun ownership, the right to arms, conservative speech, as well as Republicans, has become a notoriously subjective experience for many Second Amendment supporters.

The allegations in the FEC complaint are stark and easily followed. Facebook approves of AFP as its official “fact-checker”, which gives the French government supported agency significant power in deciding what is acceptable speech on Facebook for U.S.-based users, particularly as it concerns what is or is not “Fake News“.

The “fact-checker” is supposed to be unbiased in what it labels as false or true.

False Information Flagging of Cam Edwards “Kamala Harris Says She Supports Your Second Amendment Rights. Her Record Proves Otherwise” FB Screenshot August 2020.

[marktwain]

The logic of the complaint seems clear. It is very close to the election, for anything substantial to happen.

[LoveMyFreedom]

And will not get covered by the Fake Media.

[PeteB570]

My FB feed is crammed with “Are You Registered”, “VOTE”, “Voting Help” in addition to the “Content Removed” stuff.

[vikingd00d]

>>It is very close to the election, for anything substantial to happen.

True, but after Trump wins re-election, Fakebook can be destroyed; this just gets the ball rolling.

[Yo-Yo]

Nine months from now, Facebook is slapped with a $1,000 fine from the FEC and told not to do it again.

[Mr. K]

Are they a platform or publisher?

CHOOSE, Facebook.

You cannot have the protections of being just a platform, and still get to decide what can or cannot be online like a publisher.

[bert]

Facebook will just apologize and then move on