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Hawley asks FEC to probe Twitter, FB for potential violations on Post censorship
NY Post ^ | October 14, 2020 | 5:22pm | Tamar Lapin

Posted on 10/14/2020 6:42:32 PM PDT by conservative98

Sen. Josh Hawley on Wednesday demanded that the Federal Election Commission investigate Twitter and Facebook for possibly violation campaign-finance law by censoring The Post’s reporting on emails from Hunter Biden’s laptop.

The Missouri Republican wrote in a letter to the FEC that the social media giants’ “active suppression of public speech” regarding The Post’s article would appear to constitute a contribution to Joe Biden’s campaign under federal law.

Federal law prohibits any corporation from making a contribution to a federal candidate for office.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; fec; federalelectionlaw; hunterbiden; joebiden; joshhawley; twitter

1 posted on 10/14/2020 6:42:32 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Break them up


2 posted on 10/14/2020 6:43:13 PM PDT by 2banana (Common ground with islamic terrorists-they want to die for allah and we want to arrange the meeting)
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To: conservative98

DO IT..........PLEASE DO IT!!!


3 posted on 10/14/2020 6:43:24 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: conservative98

DO IT..........PLEASE DO IT!!!


4 posted on 10/14/2020 6:43:24 PM PDT by Dawgreg
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To: 2banana

Better yet, tax them per post on their platforms retroactively, with interest. Since inception.


5 posted on 10/14/2020 6:44:48 PM PDT by datura
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To: conservative98

A republican with testicles? Unbelievable.


6 posted on 10/14/2020 6:45:06 PM PDT by Fungi
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To: conservative98

That was the straw that broke the Kamala’s back.


7 posted on 10/14/2020 6:45:06 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (We flattened the heck out of that curve, didnÂ’t we?)
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To: conservative98

These clowns at TWITTer and FB better hope that Biden wins. They may have just both stepped in it, and stirred up a hornets nest.


8 posted on 10/14/2020 6:45:49 PM PDT by Fai Mao (There is no justice until PIAPPS is hanging from a gallows.)
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To: conservative98

inshallah! /s


9 posted on 10/14/2020 6:46:11 PM PDT by granite (The heart of the wise inclines to the right, but the heart of the fool to the left.Ecclesiastes 10:2)
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To: conservative98

[Hawley asks FEC to probe Twitter, FB for potential violations on Post censorship]

Go after (also) Huffington Post, Washington Post, New York Times, Yahoo, CNN, MSNBC, the Atlantic, NewsWEAK ...... ah the list is too long

Constant contributions to the DNC via propaganda


10 posted on 10/14/2020 6:46:31 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: conservative98

11 posted on 10/14/2020 6:46:49 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

Will go no where. Bet on it


12 posted on 10/14/2020 6:48:24 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: Fai Mao

They don’t need to hope. They control a lot of the conversations in the country. They ca do more than just hope, as seen the today’s drastic censorship


13 posted on 10/14/2020 6:50:10 PM PDT by wiseprince
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To: wiseprince

Maybe. Or maybe not. But don’t start out being a defeatest and the let the left off the hook!!!


14 posted on 10/14/2020 6:51:36 PM PDT by conservative98
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To: conservative98

They need to be broken up


15 posted on 10/14/2020 6:54:57 PM PDT by ronnie raygun ( Massive mistakes are made by arrogant fools; massive evils are committed by evil people.")
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To: conservative98

Oops!!!


16 posted on 10/14/2020 6:57:40 PM PDT by realcleanguy
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To: Jeff Chandler

I’m thinking that this whole mess with Hunter finally coming out will make it harder for the dems to contest the election and harder for Joe not to concede as Hillary demands.


17 posted on 10/14/2020 6:58:37 PM PDT by dandiegirl (BOBBY m)
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To: conservative98

I want the ceos of twit and fb in jail along with the top democrat who gives them marching orders.


18 posted on 10/14/2020 7:04:54 PM PDT by I want the USA back (Social media are the propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. Wholly owned subsidiaries.)
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