Instagram, owned by Facebook, has banned Federal MP Craig Kelly only a day after the company banned the member of parliament on Facebook. Prior to Kelly’s Instagram ban, the politician announced his plan to propose a Bill that would seek to rein in the power of Big Tech companies like Facebook. The Bill would be based on a similar law passed recently in Florida that will penalise social media companies for removing political figures from their platform, with offenders expected to receive fines of around $100,000 for the banning of state-wide candidates. “The market power of the foreign-controlled tech-giants and their ability to censor political speech is an immediate and direct threat to our democracy,” Kelly told The Epoch Times. Facebook banned the main page of Kelly following controversial COVID-19-related posts that they claimed was not in line with official health guidelines. According to Kelly however, Facebook had not responded to …
Facebook Extends Ban on Federal MP Craig Kelly to Instagram
April 28, 2021
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