30 January 2020

Laura Loomer Files FEC Complaint Against Twitter for Political Bias

Finally! She may be a nutter who will be slaughtered in the primary, but, at last, someone is holding the left-wing censors in social media accountable! If radio and TV are required by law to give equal time, why not Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook?

From Breitbart

By Allum Bokhari
 
Republican congressional candidate Laura Loomer filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission (FEC) against Twitter on Monday, alleging that the company has made an in-kind contribution to her political opponents by denying her access to the platform.

Loomer is represented by Charlie Spies, an attorney who has fought numerous high-profile FEC cases.

In a comment, Spies stated, “This is a first-of-its-kind complaint and takes into account the influential role that social media corporations play in our elections.”

Spies continued, “Once Ms. Loomer became a federal candidate, it became illegal for Twitter to ban her while providing free access to her Democrat opponent. Corporate owned public forums like Twitter must either provide equal time and access for all candidates for public office, or charge market value. Twitter should not be exempt from Equal Time laws, and a violation like the one occurring with Ms. Loomer is an impermissible in-kind corporate contribution to her opponent.”

The Equal Times laws referenced by Spies have long been in effect and state that broadcasters must give equal time to any political candidate who requests it. In other words, if a Democrat is allowed five minutes of airtime on a radio or TV station, their Republican opponent must be allowed the same amount of time.

Applied to social media platforms, this would imply that if a Democrat candidate is allowed unlimited access to a service like Twitter, then their opponent must be allowed the same level of access. Loomer’s complaint alleges that by granting her political opponents access to the platform while denying it to her, Twitter is making an illegal in-kind contribution to those opponents.

“Twitter has become a primary method of communication for candidates and elected officials to speak directly to their supporters without the filter of the media,” concluded Spies. “President Trump proved this in 2016 and continues the practice today. Twitter’s continued ban against Laura Loomer, prevents her campaign from having equal access that is required under the law.”

The full FEC complaint can be read here. Twitter declined to offer a comment for this story.

Are you an insider at Google, Facebook, Twitter, or any other tech company who wants to confidentially reveal wrongdoing or political bias at your company? Reach out to Allum Bokhari at his secure email address allumbokhari@protonmail.com

Allum Bokhari is the senior technology correspondent at Breitbart News.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Comments are subject to deletion if they are not germane. I have no problem with a bit of colourful language, but blasphemy or depraved profanity will not be allowed. Attacks on the Catholic Faith will not be tolerated. Comments will be deleted that are republican (Yanks! Note the lower case 'r'!), attacks on the legitimacy of Pope Francis as the Vicar of Christ (I know he's a material heretic and a Protector of Perverts, and I definitely want him gone yesterday! However, he is Pope, and I pray for him every day.), the legitimacy of the House of Windsor or of the claims of the Elder Line of the House of France, or attacks on the legitimacy of any of the currently ruling Houses of Europe.