Rep. CONGRESSMAN MATT GAETZ FILES CRIMINAL REFERRAL AGAINST FACEBOOK'S ZUCKERBERG FOR LYING TO CONGRESS!
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Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz files criminal referral against Facebook's Zuckerberg
July 27, 2020 by Sharyl Attkisson
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) is asking Attorney General William Barr to file criminal charges against Facebook's Accusing Zuckerberg of giving false testimony to Congress.
The testimony at issue took place in April of 2018 at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing and a joint hearing of two Senate committees. According to Gaetz, Zuckerberg "repeatedly and categorically denied his company engaged in bias against conservative speech, persons, policies, or politics and also denied that Facebook censored and suppressed content supportive of President Donald Trump and other conservatives."
Gaetz says that testimony conflicts with two Facebook whistleblowers who spoke out this past June. They stated that they worked as ?content moderators" at Facebook and that most of the content filtered by Facebook's artificial intelligence program was content supporting Trump, Republicans or conservatism in general.
You can read the announcement from Gaetz in full below:
Congressman Matt Gaetz Files Criminal Referral Against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Washington, D.C. ? Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) filed a criminal referral against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for making materially false statements to Congress while under oath during two joint hearings in Congress on April 10th, 2018 and April 11th, 2018.
During a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and also a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Mr. Zuckerberg repeatedly and categorically denied his company engaged in bias against conservative speech, persons, policies, or politics and also denied that Facebook censored and suppressed content supportive of President Donald Trump and other conservatives.
In June of 2020 however, Project Veritas published the results of an undercover investigation featuring two whistleblowers who worked as Facebook?s ?content moderators,? revealing that the overwhelming majority of content filtered by Facebook?s AI program was content in support of President Donald Trump, Republican candidates for office, or conservatism in general.
?Oversight is an essential part of Congress? constitutional authority,? Congressman Gaetz states in the letter. ?As a member of this body, I question Mr. Zuckerberg?s veracity, and challenge his willingness to cooperate with our oversight authority, diverting congressional resources during time-sensitive investigations, and materially impeding our work. Such misrepresentations are not only unfair, they are potentially illegal and fraudulent.?
The letter refers Mr. Zuckerberg to the Department of Justice for an investigation into the false statements made to Congress while under oath.
Full text of the letter sent to Attorney General William Barr may be found HERE and below.
LETTER TEXT
Dear Attorney General Barr:
I write to urge you to investigate the conduct of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Inc., before the United States Congress.
On April 10, 2018, Mr. Zuckerberg testified in a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The next day, Mr. Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. On both occasions, members of Congress asked Mr. Zuckerberg about allegations that Facebook censored and suppressed content supportive of President Donald Trump and other conservatives. In his responses, Mr. Zuckerberg repeatedly and categorically denied any bias against conservative speech, persons, policies, or politics. Mr. Zuckerberg also dismissed the suggestion that Facebook exercises any form of editorial manipulation. However, recent reports from Project Veritas, featuring whistleblowers who worked as Facebook?s ?content moderators,? have shown ample evidence of such bias and manipulation.
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Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz files criminal referral against Facebook's Zuckerberg
July 27, 2020 by Sharyl Attkisson
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Florida) is asking Attorney General William Barr to file criminal charges against Facebook's Accusing Zuckerberg of giving false testimony to Congress.
The testimony at issue took place in April of 2018 at a House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing and a joint hearing of two Senate committees. According to Gaetz, Zuckerberg "repeatedly and categorically denied his company engaged in bias against conservative speech, persons, policies, or politics and also denied that Facebook censored and suppressed content supportive of President Donald Trump and other conservatives."
Gaetz says that testimony conflicts with two Facebook whistleblowers who spoke out this past June. They stated that they worked as ?content moderators" at Facebook and that most of the content filtered by Facebook's artificial intelligence program was content supporting Trump, Republicans or conservatism in general.
You can read the announcement from Gaetz in full below:
Congressman Matt Gaetz Files Criminal Referral Against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg
Washington, D.C. ? Today, U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) filed a criminal referral against Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for making materially false statements to Congress while under oath during two joint hearings in Congress on April 10th, 2018 and April 11th, 2018.
During a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee and also a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, Mr. Zuckerberg repeatedly and categorically denied his company engaged in bias against conservative speech, persons, policies, or politics and also denied that Facebook censored and suppressed content supportive of President Donald Trump and other conservatives.
In June of 2020 however, Project Veritas published the results of an undercover investigation featuring two whistleblowers who worked as Facebook?s ?content moderators,? revealing that the overwhelming majority of content filtered by Facebook?s AI program was content in support of President Donald Trump, Republican candidates for office, or conservatism in general.
?Oversight is an essential part of Congress? constitutional authority,? Congressman Gaetz states in the letter. ?As a member of this body, I question Mr. Zuckerberg?s veracity, and challenge his willingness to cooperate with our oversight authority, diverting congressional resources during time-sensitive investigations, and materially impeding our work. Such misrepresentations are not only unfair, they are potentially illegal and fraudulent.?
The letter refers Mr. Zuckerberg to the Department of Justice for an investigation into the false statements made to Congress while under oath.
Full text of the letter sent to Attorney General William Barr may be found HERE and below.
LETTER TEXT
Dear Attorney General Barr:
I write to urge you to investigate the conduct of Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, Inc., before the United States Congress.
On April 10, 2018, Mr. Zuckerberg testified in a joint hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee. The next day, Mr. Zuckerberg testified before the House Energy and Commerce Committee. On both occasions, members of Congress asked Mr. Zuckerberg about allegations that Facebook censored and suppressed content supportive of President Donald Trump and other conservatives. In his responses, Mr. Zuckerberg repeatedly and categorically denied any bias against conservative speech, persons, policies, or politics. Mr. Zuckerberg also dismissed the suggestion that Facebook exercises any form of editorial manipulation. However, recent reports from Project Veritas, featuring whistleblowers who worked as Facebook?s ?content moderators,? have shown ample evidence of such bias and manipulation.
