{"id":152356,"date":"2024-03-22T17:09:29","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/?p=152356"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:09:29","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T17:09:29","slug":"trump-warns-facebook-is-the-enemy-of-the-people-after-house-bans-tiktok","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/trump-warns-facebook-is-the-enemy-of-the-people-after-house-bans-tiktok\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Warns \u2018Facebook Is the Enemy of the People\u2019 after House Bans TikTok"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is doubling down on his warnings about Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg after the House voted to ban the Big Tech giant\u2019s biggest threat \u2013 TikTok.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-152357 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trump-fb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trump-fb.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trump-fb-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trump-fb-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trump-fb-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/trump-fb-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Zuckerburg\u2019s Meta owns three major platforms; Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.<\/p>\n<p>However, the company has been struggling to compete with the competitive threat from the Chinese Communist Party\u2019s popular video streaming app TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>Meta has become so desperate to fend off the competition that it made drastic changes to Instagram to mimic key features of TikTok.<\/p>\n<p>However, the efforts have failed to tempt away young Americans who flock to TikTok over Zuckerberg\u2019s apps.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, the U.S. House voted overwhelmingly to pass legislation to crack down on TikTok over national security concerns.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump previously supported banning TikTok, he has now grown more concerned with the domestic threat that Zuckerberg and Meta pose.<\/p>\n<p>During his first term, Trump led efforts to ban TikTok in America. However, his plans were blocked by congressional Democrats. Since then, Meta and Zuckerberg have emerged as a significant threat to public freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Meta\u2019s censorship of conservatives coupled with Zuckerberg\u2019s efforts to elect Democrats have become a major cause for concern.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s statements came after it was found out that Zuckerberg and Facebook significantly impacted the outcome of the 2020 election.<\/p>\n<p>The House bill, which passed with a 352-65 vote, would force the app\u2019s parent company, Chinese-owned ByteDance, to sell TikTok. If CCP-linked ByteDance refuses, TikTok will face a ban from U.S. app stores and web hosting services.<\/p>\n<p>After the bill passed in the House, Trump sat down with <em>Newsmax<\/em> host Greg Kelly to explain his point of view. During the discussion, Trump immediately turned his attention to Facebook, a platform that openly censures and bans conservative voices.<\/p>\n<p>He also blasted the company\u2019s leader Zuckerberg, who funds efforts to sway elections for Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Facebook is the enemy of the people<\/em>,\u201d Trump warned.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Donald Trump was asked about TikTok ban.<\/p>\n<p>He says, &quot;I think Facebook is an equal threat.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoeyMannarinoUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoeyMannarinoUS<\/a> warns: &quot;They\u2019re not voting to ban TikTok, they\u2019re voting to ban Rumble and X. They just are saying TikTok so Republicans go along.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>Greg Kelly:\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Os159qi0Hx\">pic.twitter.com\/Os159qi0Hx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Vigilant Fox \ud83e\udd8a (@VigilantFox) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/VigilantFox\/status\/1768301033585807588?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 14, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>Transcript<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Greg Kelly<\/strong>: <em>TikTok, the Republicans just voted \u2013 the Republicans and Democrats just voted to ban it. You don\u2019t think they should ban it right now?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>President Trump<\/strong>: Well, I didn\u2019t say anything other than you have to look at Facebook. Facebook is the enemy of the people. They did those lockboxes. They spent 500 million. You know, if you spent more than $5,600 or whatever the number is, if you spent a $100 more, they put you in prison for campaign violations. Right?<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg or Zuckerbucks, whatever you want to call them, is spending\u2026\u2026. the number is crazy. He\u2019s spending $500 million in the last election and nothing occurs to him. And that money is being passed all over the place, especially under lockboxes or so-called lockboxes because they\u2019re not lockboxes. I call them open boxes. And I think that something has to be done with Facebook. And one aspect I will say, I don\u2019t want Facebook to get bigger because I think Facebook is an equal threat. And that includes with China. Because if China wants to know anything about what Facebook knows, they\u2019re going to give them the information.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>yogaesoteric<br \/>\nMarch 22, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump is doubling down on his warnings about Facebook and its founder Mark Zuckerberg after the House voted to ban the Big Tech giant\u2019s biggest threat \u2013 TikTok. Zuckerburg\u2019s Meta owns three major platforms; Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. However, the company has been struggling to compete with the competitive threat from the Chinese [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1087],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-152356","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-censored-news-politics-5127-en-censored-sensational-news-3480-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152356","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152356"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":152360,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152356\/revisions\/152360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yogaesoteric.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}