Category: Facebook

Democrats Criticize Meta for Reinstating Trump’s Facebook and Instagram Accounts

Some Democrats have criticized Meta after the social media giant announced that it would reinstate former President Donald Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts after a two-year ban. Nick Clegg, president of global affairs for Meta, said in a blog post on Jan. 25 that Trump’s accounts will be reinstated “in the coming weeks,” but added…


Trump’s Facebook, Instagram Accounts Will Be Reinstated

Facebook and Instagram will restore former President Donald Trump’s accounts about two years after he was banned, parent company Meta announced on Wednesday. “We will be reinstating Mr. Trump’s Facebook and Instagram accounts in the coming weeks,” Nick Clegg, president of global affairs for Meta, said in a blog post. “However, we are doing so…


Trump Spokeswoman Comments on Whether He Will Return to Twitter, Facebook

Is former President Donald Trump planning to rejoin the land of tweets? Trump spokeswoman Liz Harrington did not deny the move nor explicitly confirm the move in an exclusive interview with “Newsmakers” program late Wednesday, following reports that leading up to the U.S. presidential race 2024, Trump might be seeking to return to Twitter and Facebook. “We’ll…


Musk Reveals Twitter Censorship Was Bad, But YouTube Could Be Worse

Commentary Since his purchase of Twitter, Elon Musk has been releasing more and more information laying out how Twitter has censored speech, as well as the government’s role in that process. He recently emphasized that the censorship problem is by no means limited to Twitter. “Every social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with…


Facebook Is Dead Unless You Post Something That Does Not Matter

Commentary Since Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, it’s been quite a wild ride. Thousands of doctors and scientists have been unbanned and are now speaking. Same with journalists. Accounts that posted against COVID restrictions and mandates are now unthrottled. Brownstone’s account is now at 31K and my own personal reach is up some 175 percent. Of course, this…


New Documents Expose White House’s Alleged Social Media ‘Censorship Scheme’ Targeting Tucker Carlson, Others

Two Republican attorneys general have released documents showing what they say is the White House’s pressure campaign on Facebook to censor content, including a video by conservative media personality Tucker Carlson on the COVID-19 vaccines. The new documents, released on Jan. 9 and 10 by Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry and Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey,…


Meta to Remove Facebook Posts That Defend Breach of Government Buildings in Brazil

Facebook owner Meta announced on Monday that it will start to remove and block content that “supports or praises” the Jan. 8. breach of government buildings in Brasília, the capital of Brazil. Since the outcome of the country’s national election on Oct. 30, 2022, mass protests have been held by supporters of former President Jair…


White House Pushed Facebook to Censor Tucker Carlson on COVID-19 Vaccines: AG Landry

The White House pressured Facebook to take action against Fox News host Tucker Carlson for supposedly saying COVID-19 vaccines “don’t work,” according to a document released by Louisiana’s Republican Attorney General Jeff Landry, who characterized the move as a request to censor the journalist. Landry shared the document—an email exchange between White House Director of Digital…


UK Woman Convicted of Lying on Facebook About Being Victim of Asian Grooming Gang

A woman who published a lurid account on Facebook of becoming the victim of an Asian grooming gang in the northwest of England has been convicted of perverting the course of justice. Eleanor Williams, 22, posted pictures of her so-called injuries and gave an account of having being groomed, trafficked, and beaten. The post, in…


How an Occupied Twitter Ruined Countless Lives

Commentary From the beginning of the COVID panic, it felt that something was very wrong. Never had a pandemic, much less a seasonal pathogenic wave, been treated as a quasi-military emergency requiring the upending of all freedoms and rights. What made it more bizarre was how alone those of us who objected felt until very…