Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he has directed Secretary of State Laurel Lee to investigate Facebook Inc. for “alleged election interference” through its whitelisting program.
In a press release Monday, DeSantis cited the Wall Street Journal’s bombshell report on internal Facebook documents stating that the company allows certain users to break the rules.
The Wall Street Journal’s review of Facebook documents found that the company effectively created a VIP list of users who are shielded from its normal policy enforcement program. The newspaper found that the list sometimes gave incumbents an advantage over challengers.
According to the text of a letter, DeSantis sent Monday to Secretary Lee, that would amount to Facebook putting its “thumb on the scale of numerous state and local races.”
DeSantis said in an emailed statement, “If this new report is true, Facebook has violated Florida law. Floridians deserve to know how much this corporate titan has influenced our elections.”
Here’s what DeSantis posted on Twitter:
“I am authorizing @FLSecofState and the Florida Department of State to open an investigation into Facebook’s alleged election interference through its whitelisting program.”
“Floridians deserve to know how much Big Tech has influenced our elections,” DeSantis added in tweet along with his letter to Secretary Lee.
I am authorizing @FLSecofState and the Florida Department of State to open an investigation into Facebook’s alleged election interference through its whitelisting program.
Floridians deserve to know how much Big Tech has influenced our elections. pic.twitter.com/rmGmZ6BK6T
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) September 27, 2021
“It’s no secret that Big Tech censors have long enforced their own rules inconsistently,” DeSantis said in a press release. “If this new report is true, Facebook has violated Florida law to put its thumb on the scale of numerous state and local races.”
“Floridians deserve to know how much this corporate titan has influenced our elections. That is why I am directing Secretary Lee to use all legal means to uncover violations of Florida’s election laws,” he added.
Source: TheGatewayPundit
