Gov. DeSantis to Investigate Facebook for Election Interference
By Charlie McCarthy | Monday, 27 September 2021 04:07 PM
Gov. Ron DeSantis, R-Florida, has directed state officials to investigate Facebook for alleged election interference, it was announced Monday.
The governor's action came after a report that Facebook possibly influenced numerous state and local races by exempting elite users from the social platform's own rules.
"It's no secret that Big Tech censors have long enforced their own rules inconsistently," DeSantis said in a statement released by his office. "If this new report is true, Facebook has violated Florida law to put its thumb on the scale of numerous state and local races."
The governor directed Secretary of State Laurel Lee to head Florida's investigation.
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The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 13 reported it had obtained internal documents that revealed a double standard Facebook applied to its users. Select users are extended the freedom to disregard the platform's own community standards without the threat of enforcement action, WSJ said.
DeSantis' office said that if the Wall Street Journal report is accurate, Facebook has created a privileged class of speakers and has empowered them to "manipulate elections with impunity."
"Even more disturbing, these elite users on Facebook’s 'whitelist' were allegedly selected by the tech giant behind closed doors," the release said.
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