Accountable Tech on Meta Removing Trump Account Restrictions

Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement on Meta removing its restrictions to former President Trump’s accounts ahead of the 2024 elections:

“Mark Zuckerberg himself said that former President Donald Trump used Facebook to ‘incite violent insurrection against a democratically elected government’ on January 6, 2021. While Facebook may remember all your friends’ birthdays, the company fails to remember its role in fomenting the January 6th deadly attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“By removing the last remaining restrictions on Trump’s accounts, Meta is enabling the former president, a convicted criminal, to once again use its platforms to spread dangerous disinformation, inflammatory hate speech, and to again stoke anti-democratic violence without the heightened scrutiny his accounts deserve. Make no mistake: removing these restrictions is not leveling the field for candidates, but rather, elevating dangerous rhetoric for further attacks on our democracy.”

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Statements

Feb 14, 2025

Accountable Tech Statement on Senate passage of the TAKE IT DOWN Act

Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement after the Senate’s unanimous passage late Thursday:

Statements

Feb 12, 2025

50+ Civil Society Groups Urge Democratic States to Protect Individual Data, Privacy Under Trump

Organized by Accountable Tech, Fight for the Future, and UltraViolet, a broad and diverse coalition of more than 50 civil society organizations today sent a letter to Democratic stronghold states calling for immediate action to protect individuals’ data and privacy under President Trump’s administration.