The social media company, which presents itself as a free-speech alternative to Facebook or Twitter, announced its return in February after being suspended by Amazon.
A federal judge is sending out signals he may take Twitter to task over its designation as a “private entity” after the platform banned a Massachusetts Senate candidate. In a recent memorandum filed by Judge Mark Wolf, he laid out that Twitter may be considered a state actor if government officials have compelled it to do certain actions.
The Facebook oversight board's ruling this week upholding the social media platform's decision to kick President Donald Trump off his Facebook and Instagram accounts elicited cheers from anti-Trump voices across the U.S. — especially the former president's left-wing critics.
A member of Facebook’s Oversight Board criticized Facebook’s move to indefinitely suspend President Donald Trump’s account, saying the company’s rules are problematic.
Facebook has permanently disabled the page of LifeSiteNews, a media outlet that has an emphasis on pro-life and Christian content. The reason Facebook gave for banning LifeSite was that the outlet was spreading misinformation about COVID-19.
An account sharing posts from former US President Donald Trump’s ‘desk’ page – and operated by his PAC – was banned by Twitter after angry Democrats flooded the platform with demands to “#RemoveTrumpJack”.
The White House said Wednesday President Joe Biden supported social media companies banning more content considered “untrustworthy” on their platforms.
