{"id":2200725,"date":"2024-03-17T13:32:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T17:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-facebook-worse-than-tiktok-as-senate-weighs-bill-that-could-ban-app\/"},"modified":"2024-03-17T13:33:31","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T17:33:31","slug":"trump-calls-facebook-worse-than-tiktok-as-senate-weighs-bill-that-could-ban-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-calls-facebook-worse-than-tiktok-as-senate-weighs-bill-that-could-ban-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump labels Facebook more harmful than TikTok amid Senate considerations of potential app ban legislation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-calls-facebook-worse-than-tiktok-as-senate-weighs-bill-that-could-ban-app%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2200725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Trump Criticizes Facebook, Downplays\u2063 His TikTok Ban Opposition<\/h2>\n<p>In \u200ba \u200bstirring revelation, <strong>former President Donald Trump<\/strong> has unleashed \u2064criticism\u200b on Facebook, claiming it to be significantly more troublesome than the \u200bpopular video-sharing\u2064 app TikTok.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cFacebook is worse than TikTok by a lot,\u201d Trump stated \u2062emphatically.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The \u200cChanging Stance on TikTok<\/h3>\n<p>During a telling appearance\u2064 on <em>MediaBuzz<\/em> on Fox News, Trump revealed a shift in his stance towards TikTok. Once vocal about leaving the app be, he now suggests that his earlier defense was not so much an insistence but more a suggestion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>It wasn&#8217;t a demand<\/strong>,&#8221; he clarified, \u200bshedding light on his current perspective, where he sees <strong>Facebook as the \u2062greater threat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trump \u2064acknowledges a potential danger in banning TikTok, citing <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/project-veritas-strips-cnn-naked\/\" title=\"Project Veritas Strips CNN Naked\">free speech<\/a> concerns<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>He \u200dlabels Facebook &#8220;<strong>extremely\u2063 dishonest<\/strong>,&#8221; and hence, a bigger concern if TikTok users migrate \u200cthere following a ban.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Appeal for Equal Treatment<\/h3>\n<p>The former leader&#8217;s critique did not end there. Trump called for equitable actions against both platforms if such\u200d measures were to be taken.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWhat I would like to \u2062see is \u2063if \u200cyou\u2019re going to \u2063do it \u200dto TikTok, do it to Facebook,\u201d he added,\u200b seeking parity in\u2064 the\u200c approach\u2064 to both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-bans-gop-account-allows-inflammatory-dnc-ads\/\" title=\"Facebook bans GOP account, allows inflammatory DNC ads\">social media giants<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Legislative Deliberations on TikTok&#8217;s Future<\/h3>\n<p>These remarks\u2064 come at a\u2064 critical juncture \u200bas the <strong>Senate contemplates<\/strong> the \u200cfuture of TikTok in the United States. The dilemma revolves around a\u2063 <strong>House-passed bill<\/strong> that could either compel TikTok&#8217;s \u2063sale away from its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, or \u200bban it outright.\u2063 The decision to bring this bill before the Senate \u200dis currently in the hands of Senate Majority Leader \u2062Chuck Schumer \u2063(D-NY), leaving the app&#8217;s fate hanging in\u200b the balance.<\/p>\n<p>Questions arise over \u2063whether Trump&#8217;s opinion shift is \u200crelated to his encounter with billionaire <strong>Jeff Yass<\/strong>, who holds a significant stake in\u2063 TikTok. Trump, however, dismissed such connections\u2062 stating he was unaware of Yass&#8217;s involvement with \u2062the application.<\/p>\n<h3>A Closer Look at the Implications<\/h3>\n<p>As we await further developments, Trump&#8217;s views call \u200dattention to the broader implications of free speech and \u2062corporate honesty in the age \u2064of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/largest-teachers-union-which-heavily-backs-dems-considers-accusing-israel-of-ethnic-cleansing\/\" title=\"Largest Teachers\u2019 Union Which Heavily Backs Dems Considers Accusing Israel Of \u2018Ethnic Cleansing\u2019\">digital communication<\/a>. Will the decision-makers \u200cecho Trump&#8217;s sentiments of equivalence, or will TikTok find itself uniquely targeted?<\/p>\n<p>For a\u200d deeper insight into\u200b this unfolding story,\u2062 <strong>click here to read more from The Washington Examiner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s dialogue \u200con\u200d these issues prompts us to consider\u200c the fine line between national security \u2063and \u2063the preservation of an open digital ecosystem \u2013 a \u200dtopic that continues to\u200b spark debate as the nation hurtles further into the technological future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump suggests Facebook deserves scrutiny similar to TikTok, deeming it &#8220;far worse.&#8221; On Fox News&#8217; MediaBuzz, he toned down his TikTok defense, clarifying it wasn&#8217;t a stringent demand<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2200726,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24076804201234-1024x683.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2200725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/wex-s3.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP24076804201234-1024x683.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2200725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2200725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2200726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2200725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2200725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2200725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}