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Re:After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens... by oenton on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:19PM (#45306755)
> The Biden administration had (and used) the ability to demote conservative news outlets on Facebook and Twitter.

This is categorically false. Are you referring to this story, where the Biden administration asked Facebook to take down Covid misinformation and "expressed a lot of frustration" when Zuckerberg told them no?

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/zuckerberg-says-the-wh...

If not, then where did you learn that the Biden administration "had (and used) the ability to demote conservative news outlets on Facebook and Twitter"?

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Re:After getting Jimmy Kimmel suspended, FCC chair threatens... by reop2whiskey on Friday September 19, 2025 @05:32PM (#45306908)
plenty of evidence if you look

http://judiciary.house.gov/media/press-releases/weaponizatio...

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