Posted on 05/05/2021 5:52:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
As we reported earlier today, Facebook’s Oversight Board upheld the social media platform’s indefinite ban on President Donald Trump, despite also finding that an indefinite ban violated Facebook’s own rules and calling on the platform to “determine and justify a proportionate response that is consistent with the rules that are applied to other users of its platform.” They gave the platform six months to come up with that proportionate response.
The decision was not well received by Republicans who already feel that the platform has not been fair to them and imposes its rules unevenly.
Mark Meadows, President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff decried the decision and said that members of Congress were looking into whether they needed to break up Facebook.
“It is a sad day for America. It’s a sad day for Facebook because I can tell you, a number of members of Congress are now looking at: Do they break up Facebook, do they make sure that they don’t have a monopoly? And I can tell you that it is two different standards, one for Donald Trump and one for a number of other people that are on their sites,” Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows told “America’s Newsroom.”
“Facebook and Twitter and others have clearly established two different sets of rules. One if you’re a conservative or a Republican or have a different ideology than them and one if you’re a liberal,” Corey Lewandowski, a Trump’s longtime political adviser, said in a radio interview.
“This ‘decision’ is absurd,” conservative commentator Ben Shapiro wrote on Twitter.
Republican members of Congress slammed the decision, according to Fox. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) called it “extremely disappointing,” saying that “Mark Zuckerberg views himself as the arbiter of free speech.” House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy warned that if they could ban the president, they could ban anyone. “Facebook is more interested in acting like a Democrat Super PAC than a platform for free speech and open debate.” Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted, “Disgraceful. For every liberal celebrating Trump’s social media ban, if the Big Tech oligarchs can muzzle the former President, what’s to stop them from silencing you?”
Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley pointed out that while Facebook banned a sitting U.S. President, brutal dictators, terrorists, and other bad actors are still allowed.
Mark Meadows said things are going to change and the discussion is coming within hours in Congress to address the double standard.
"It's a sad day for America." @MarkMeadows reacts after Facebook upholds the ban against former President Trump @BillHemmer @DanaPerino pic.twitter.com/rx1JbbUFBh
— America's Newsroom (@AmericaNewsroom) May 5, 2021
Here’s a real life example of the tyranny of #BigTech – a fake @Facebook court decides @Facebook can do whatever @Facebook wants, in this case, suspending Donald Trump w/o process or standards. That’s what monopolies do. Break them up https://t.co/rgTel7DopY
— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) May 5, 2021
Facebook’s status as a monopoly has led its leaders to believe it can silence and censor Americans' speech with no repercussions.
Now more than ever we need aggressive antitrust reform to break up Facebook’s monopoly. pic.twitter.com/WFPEe8aXsS
— Congressman Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) May 5, 2021
HT: Townhall
Earth to Repukes. You have ZERO power. When you had the power you fought Trump tooth and nail. We’re not all idiots.
Breaking up Facebook has no negative impact own the major shareholders and will have little impact on Facebook’s editorial policies.
The GOP - what a joke!
Go P
Maybe if we give them the House next year they’ll get something done?(urp)
Sure the RINOS will! Believe it when they do it!
They also banned countless of conservative and Republican groups on fbook to, taking down thousands upon thousands on articles and videos.
Yawn.
Empty threats by spineless pantomimers.
The GOP gets really conservative when they have no power.
They need to break up Facebook.
Don’t care much for Instagram, but WhatsApp is the de-facto free way most of the world communicates.
Strip messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram from Facebook.
Earth to Repukes. You have ZERO power.
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They always talk tough when out of power.
Yes!!!......the GOP!
Agree. GOP governors could be taking action against Facebook now. Are they? Nope. This is just more hot air kabuki theater from the swamp GOP.
Hawley was on Kilmeade’s radio show today pushing his book. I noticed he didn’t call out directly any GOP Senators for taking piles of dirty Big Tech cash. He’ll speak in generalities but never gets to the heart of the corruption of our institutions.
The M.O. of the Republican Party is to become bellicose while in the minority, and then become comatose while in the majority.
It’s all just a political ponzi scheme.
I’m not holding my breath. FB could most likely blac-mal any of the gop losers. lol
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