Facebook’s political nightmare deepens

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Facebook may have hoped that life in Washington would get easier after its oversight board ruled on Trump’s fate on the social network. Instead, it's facing a whole new round of censure, months after suspending Trump.

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“It has blown up in their faces,” said Jim Steyer, CEO of the left-leaning group Common Sense Media, adding that the board basically said to Facebook, “We're kicking it back to you.” House Minority Whip Steve Scalise speaks during a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing in Washington, D.C. | Caroline Brehman-Pool/Getty Images

It’s a progression from the GOP attacks against Silicon Valley during the Trump era, which saw support for those changes pick up significant steam only during his final months in office.

 

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What Trump did was a total disgrace and an embarrassment to our Country. Free Speech was abused by the President of the United States. Politicians like Trump, and news outlets like FOX must pay both a financial and political price. Never again 👎

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