{"id":475639,"date":"2021-05-05T19:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=475639"},"modified":"2021-05-05T19:35:46","modified_gmt":"2021-05-05T23:35:46","slug":"whats-to-stop-them-from-silencing-you-conservatives-slam-facebooks-independent-oversight-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/whats-to-stop-them-from-silencing-you-conservatives-slam-facebooks-independent-oversight-board\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018What\u2019s To Stop Them From Silencing You?\u2019 Conservatives Slam Facebook\u2019s \u2018Independent\u2019 Oversight Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fwhats-to-stop-them-from-silencing-you-conservatives-slam-facebooks-independent-oversight-board%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=475639&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232580538-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>After months of deliberation, Facebook\u2019s \u201cOversight Board\u201d announced that they would be upholding former President Donald Trump\u2019s suspension on both Facebook and Instagram.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Following the January 6 riots in Washington, D.C., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/timeline-big-techs-not-so-brief-history-of-censoring-donald-trump\">announced<\/a> that Trump would be banned on both Facebook and Instagram \u201cindefinitely,\u201d and that the ban would not be lifted until after Inauguration Day \u2014 at the very least.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThe Board has upheld Facebook\u2019s decision on January 7, 2021, to restrict then-President Donald Trump\u2019s access to posting content on his Facebook page and Instagram account,\u201d a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oversightboard.com\/news\/226612455899839-oversight-board-upholds-former-president-trump-s-suspension-finds-facebook-failed-to-impose-proper-penalty\/\"><span>statement<\/span><\/a><span> read.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>However, after criticizing Facebook for \u201capplying a vague, standardless penalty\u201d and seeking to \u201cavoid its responsibilities\u201d by \u201creferring this case to the Board to resolve,\u201d the Oversight Board listed a set of recommendations for the Big Tech giant, including that they \u201cpublicly explain the rules that it uses when it imposes account-level sanctions against influential users.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Here\u2019s how some reacted to the rather unsurprising news.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>House GOP Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>Facebook is more interested in acting like a Democrat Super PAC than a platform for free speech and open debate.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf they can ban President Trump, all conservative voices could be next,\u201d McCarthy continued. \u201cA House Republican majority will rein in big tech power over our speech.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"13.48322147651\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Facebook is more interested in acting like a Democrat Super PAC than a platform for free speech and open debate.<\/p>\n<p>If they can ban President Trump, all conservative voices could be next.<\/p>\n<p>A House Republican majority will rein in big tech power over our speech.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kevin McCarthy (@GOPLeader) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GOPLeader\/status\/1389938116753035264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) tweeted, \u201cIs there anything more Orwellian than Facebook\u2019s \u2018independent oversight board,\u2019 stocked with left-wing academics, deciding issues of free speech?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.349462365591\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Is there anything more Orwellian than Facebook&#8217;s &#8220;independent oversight board,&#8221; stocked with left-wing academics, deciding issues of free speech?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Cotton (@TomCottonAR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR\/status\/1389951553847574532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>Disgraceful.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cFor every liberal celebrating Trump\u2019s social media ban, if the Big Tech oligarchs can muzzle the former President, what\u2019s to stop them from silencing you?\u201d Cruz asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.3739130434783\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Disgraceful. <\/p>\n<p>For every liberal celebrating Trump\u2019s social media ban, if the Big Tech oligarchs can muzzle the former President, what\u2019s to stop them from silencing you? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Yky4P0B38X\">https:\/\/t.co\/Yky4P0B38X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tedcruz\/status\/1389937682395062273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Author of \u201cHillbilly Elegy,\u201d J.D. Vance, tweeted, \u201cThe Facebook oversight board has more power than the United Nations.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cConservatives were right to worry about giving our sovereignty away to a multinational institution. We just picked the wrong one,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.487288135593\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Facebook oversight board has more power than the United Nations. <\/p>\n<p>Conservatives were right to worry about giving our sovereignty away to a multinational institution. We just picked the wrong one.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.D. Vance (@JDVance1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JDVance1\/status\/1389935672912404481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>The Daily Wire\u2019s Editor Emeritus, Ben Shapiro, tweeted, \u201cFacebook\u2019s Oversight Board says they were right to suspend Trump because he violated their rule \u2018prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence.\u2019 Last year, nearly the entire media and Democratic Party praised people engaged in the most costly riots in US history.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.619496855346\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Facebook&#8217;s Oversight Board says they were right to suspend Trump because he violated their rule &#8220;prohibiting praise or support of people engaged in violence.&#8221; Last year, nearly the entire media and Democratic Party praised people engaged in the most costly riots in US history.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/benshapiro\/status\/1389940936592039940?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Talk radio host and Second Amendment advocate, Dana Loesch, tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>So Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board says Facebook didn\u2019t really do anything wrong. We should all have our own wingma- I mean oversight board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4406779661017\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">So Facebook\u2019s Oversight Board says Facebook didn\u2019t really do anything wrong. We should all have our own wingma- I mean oversight board.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Dana Loesch (@DLoesch) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DLoesch\/status\/1389979600944615432?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo tweeted, \u201c<\/span><span>Our freedom of speech is under attack in America. This shouldn\u2019t be a partisan issue \u2014 but, unfortunately, the Left only supports free speech if what you have to say comports with their liberal ideology.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIf Facebook and Twitter can ban President Trump, they\u2019ll ban you too,\u201d Pompeo added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span>Ian Haworth is an Editor and Writer for The Daily Wire. Follow him on Twitter at <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ighaworth\"><i><span>@ighaworth<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The views expressed in this opinion piece are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/i> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i><span>member<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After months of deliberation, Facebook\u2019s \u201cOversight Board\u201d announced that they would be upholding former President Donald Trump\u2019s suspension on both Facebook and Instagram.Following the January 6 riots in Washington, D.C., &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2277419,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232580538-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018What\u2019s To Stop Them From Silencing You?\u2019 Conservatives Slam Facebook\u2019s \u2018Independent\u2019 Oversight Board","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-475639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GettyImages-1232580538-1200x800-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018What\u2019s To Stop Them From Silencing You?\u2019 Conservatives Slam Facebook\u2019s \u2018Independent\u2019 Oversight Board","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475639","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2277419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}