Elizabeth Warren could not have asked for a better illustration for her point.
The US senator and Democratic candidate for president took aim at Facebook on Monday evening after the social network briefly blocked her campaign from running advertisements that just happened to call for breaking up Facebook.
“Curious why I think FB has too much power?”, Warren said on Twitter. “Let’s start with their ability to shut down a debate over whether FB has too much power. Thanks for restoring my posts. But I want a social media marketplace that isn’t dominated by a single censor. #BreakUpBigTech.”
The dustup began when Politico reported that Facebook had blocked a number of Facebook ads that promoted Warren’s newly announced plan to break up major tech companies, which she argues have become too powerful.
“Three companies have vast power over our economy and our democracy,” the ads read, according to Politico. “Facebook, Amazon, and Google. We all use them. But in their rise to power, they’ve bulldozed competition, used our private information for profit, and tilted the playing field in their favor.” …
Alabama Prison Hunger Strike Continues into Fifth Day
Report on ongoing hunger strike happening in the infamous Holman prison in Alabama. Prison hunger strike continues into a fifth day, in protest of the Alabama Department of Corrections’ unlawful use of solitary confinement. Robert Earl Council (also known as Kinetik Justice), was recently placed in a solitary housing unit (SHU) at Holman Correctional Facility […]
Anubis, Egyptian god associated with mummification and the afterlife in ancient Egyptian religion, seated atop a chest in the form of a shrine, from the tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62). Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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