Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri calls for breaking up Facebook (screen capture via Twitter).
A Bad Week Gets Worse For Facebook And Twitter
Last week, we noted Republicans’ anger at Twitter (TWTR) and Facebook (FB) for their suppression of the New York Post’s article about Hunter Biden (Twitter Incurs Republicans’ Wrath). That anger increased on Saturday with Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri calling for Facebook to be broken up. Let’s assess the situation and then look at how Facebook shareholders can limit their risk.
The Bad Week
On Wednesday, both Twitter and Facebook blocked their users from posting or sharing the New York Post’s exposé of Hunter Biden. New York Post op-ed editor Sohrab Ahmari accused both companies of digital totalitarianism. He accused Facebook in the column he tweeted below.
This is what totalitarianism looks like in our century: not men in darkened cells driving screws under the fingernails of dissidents, but tech dweebs removing from vast swaths of the Internet a damaging exposé on their preferred candidate.
My column. https://t.co/IcePB4tXsI
— Sohrab Ahmari (@SohrabAhmari) October 15, 2020