Commentary Two and a half cheers for Elon Musk! He has, after some back and forth, just bought Twitter, easily the greatest achievement anyone has accomplished in years for the First Amendment and freedom of speech. If he follows through on his pledge to end censorship at the site, he has struck a blow, possibly…
Zuckerberg ends controversial grants to election offices
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who in the 2020 election cycle flooded election offices across the U.S. with hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, will not be participating in such grantmaking this year, according to a spokesman. Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, made $419.5 million in donations to nonprofits—“Zuckerbucks” or “Zuckbucks” as some have…
‘Rigged:’ a Film That Follows Zuck’s Bucks to Elect Biden
“Rigged” is a new documentary by Citizens United Productions that follows the money of Meta (Facebook) CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s influence on the 2020 election. It raises many, many questions about the legality of the influence of private money that clearly was aimed at defeating Donald Trump, and as we know now, highly effective. Follow us…
Facebook Is No Monopoly
Commentary One wonders if, back in 2004, today’s trustbusters would have been losing sleep over the success of Blockbuster. Back then, Blockbuster had over 9,000 stores globally and was raking in nearly $6 billion in revenue as the leading video rental service in the country. Break up Blockbuster! Enter Netflix. We all know what happened…
Louisiana Appeals Court Reinstates AG’s Suit Re Zuckerberg Bucks
April 6, 2022
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The Louisiana Court of Appeal has reinstated the state’s lawsuit against a Mark Zuckerberg-funded nonprofit that flooded Democratic-controlled jurisdictions with election administration grants and, in the process, may have skewed election results. Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry, a Republican, said the ruling was a major victory for election integrity. “Our law is clear: No individual,…
Milwaukee Officials Sued in Zuckerberg-Related Election Bribery Case
March 27, 2022
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Milwaukee’s acting mayor, former mayor, and city clerk have been accused of being involved in an election bribery scheme for accepting election-assistance money from a Mark Zuckerberg-funded activist group in the 2020 election cycle, according to a legal complaint filed with the Wisconsin Elections Commission. The 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin was heavily litigated and…
‘Waiting on Zuck’: 30 Australian Media Outlets Call on Facebook to Come to Bargaining Table
March 22, 2022
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Australian small to medium sized digital publishers have held off publishing news content on their Facebook feeds for 24 hours to force the tech giant to come to the table and negotiate payment deals with them. The 30 media outlets have replaced their news feed with a standardised message including the hashtag #waitingonzuck. The protest…
Show Me the Zuckerbucks: How Outside Money Infiltrated Missouri’s 2020 Election
March 4, 2022
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Commentary In 2020, government election offices across Missouri received millions of dollars from a billionaire who resides far from the rolling hills of Mark Twain National Forest, the iconic St. Louis Arch, and the bustling suburbs of Kansas City. Mark Zuckerberg, the California Facebook billionaire, funneled millions into our state with grant dollars disproportionately favoring…
Plaintiffs in Michigan Lawsuit Over Zuckerberg Funding of Elections Fighting State’s 3rd Attempt to Dismiss Case
February 17, 2022
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Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat who wants communities in her state to continue accepting private funding for election administration, is trying for the third time to have a lawsuit challenging the practice thrown out. The legal controversy arose after Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $419.5 million to left-wing activist…
Meta CEO Zuckerberg Promotes Nick Clegg to Lead on Policy Issues
Meta Platforms Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post on Wednesday that he had promoted policy chief Nick Clegg into a larger role to lead on all policy matters, signaling less involvement from Zuckerberg in the area. “We need a senior leader at the level of myself (for our products) and Sheryl (for…
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