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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Jan 17, 2025

Accountable Tech Statement on Supreme Court’s TikTok Ruling

Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision in TikTok v. Merrick Garland to uphold the constitutionality of the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (PAFACA):

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Jan 07, 2025

Accountable Tech Condemns Meta’s Decision to End Fact Checking; Gut Trust and Safety Measures

Accountable Tech Co-Founder and Executive Director Nicole Gill issued the following statement in response to Mark Zuckerberg’s decision to end fact-checking on Meta’s platforms, the latest in a series of actions to appease Donald Trump by upending the company’s safety policies.