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MW UPDATE: Facebook removes ‘Stop the Steal’ group from platformX
Facebook Inc. (FB) on Thursday removed a fast-growing group of more than 360,000 members from its platform called “Stop the Steal” that was organizing protests of vote counts around the country. Citing concerns the group was “organized around the delegitimization of the election process, and we saw worrying calls for violence from some members of the group,” Facebook took down the group, a company spokesman told MarketWatch. President Donald J. Trump has repeatedly claimed widespread voter fraud, of which news organizations and fact-checking groups have found no evidence to date.

-Jon Swartz; 415-439-6400; AskNewswires@dowjones.com

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[Bob Ireland]

Facebook, Twitter and Google need to face legal action. They have violated their legal mission protection. A while back SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas warned that social media is not necessarily protected by the Congressional law when they abuse its provisions.

I have said for a long time that the IRS should declare the partisan social media and the partisan TV nets as political action committees {PACs} which would destroy their tax advantages. No Congressional action required. Goodby commercial sponsors since advert costs cannot be written off as tax deductions.