Attendees walk past the Facebook logo during Facebook Inc’s F8 developer conference in San Jose, California, April 30, 2019.
U.S. conservative host Steven Crowder revealed Monday that he has sued Facebook for “unfair competition, fraud, false advertising and antitrust.”
Crowder’s lawyer, Bill Richmond, said on Crowder’s YouTube channel that the lawsuit “has been filed” against the tech giant for “false advertising, antitrust violations, unfair competition and fraud. “.
The key corrective measure is injunctive relief (to stop the unfair/deceptive practices),” Crowder said on its web page. We also seek seven-figure monetary damages, which are intended to force honesty and clarity in the implementation and enforcement of its policies.” “Our view is that we support business, but oppose fraud. Facebook promised to enforce its policies without political, racial or religious bias as a way to lure consumers and creators into spending money and providing data and opinions, but they have done so both explicitly and implicitly, which is why we filed this lawsuit.”
In the YouTube video, Crowder said his live election broadcast on Nov. 3 was abruptly cut off during coverage. Crowder said he was never told why the broadcast was blocked.
“They removed the biggest traffic ever from the biggest platform ever for no reason,” he said.
The Epoch Times has contacted Facebook for comment on this.
Crowder’s website also alleges that Facebook has deliberately reduced access to certain pages and favored certain news outlets.
Some conservatives, including then-President Donald Trump, were blocked by Facebook and other social media platforms after the Jan. 6 riots at the Capitol. For years, conservatives have complained that large technology companies censor or throttle right-wing news sites and pages, prompting Trump and others to consider repealing Section 230 of the Communications Regulatory Act. The provision is an umbrella of content exemptions for social media sites and others.
Crowder’s website says, “We are ready to take this lawsuit wherever it needs to go, including the U.S. Supreme Court.”
Crowder tweeted about the lawsuit Sunday afternoon (Jan. 31), “I don’t know what will happen on Feb. 2. But tomorrow, we will no longer censor ourselves, we will no longer be bullied, silenced or intimidated. We will not kneel down to anyone.”
In November 2020, conservative commentator Candace Owens announced a lawsuit against Facebook’s “fact checkers,” including USA Today and Lead stories -funded in part by ByteDance, a company with ties to China’s Communist Party.
“It’s Time to fact-check these fact-checkers,” Owens said at the time. “I’m going to put these guys through fact-checking as well, to figure out what their relationship is with Facebook.”
Crowder’s lawsuit will be filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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