Sacha Baron Cohen calls on Facebook to ban Trump amid the US Capitol attack

Sacha Baron Cohen Adel Twitter For the first time in 2021 to answer Siege of the US Capitol By rebels loyal to Trump. Addressing the CEOs of social media giants The social networking site FacebookAnd Twitter, YouTube and Google, comedian „Borat“ has called for a complete ban on Donald Trump From the platforms after the US president „incited a violent attack on American democracy.“

Baron Cohen’s post text reads: “Hey Mark Zuckerberg, Jack [Dorsey]Susan Wojcicki, Sundar Pichai and Donald Trump have just instigated a violent attack on American democracy. Is that enough for you to finally act ?! Time to ban Donald Trump from your platforms permanently! „

Facebook has been a target of Baron Cohen for several years. During Keynote speech 2019 viral, The comedian described the social media company Zuckerberg founded as „the greatest propaganda machine in history.“ Baron Cohen expanded On this point in a 2020 article for Time magazine, Facebook described Facebook as Trump’s „dutiful ally“ in creating a „whirlwind of conspiratorial madness.“ Notably, „Borat Subsequent Moviefilm“ includes a scene in which the main character believes a Facebook conspiracy theory about the Holocaust.

„The demagogic president has a voluntary partner on Facebook for Mark Zuckerberg – a megaphone that only the worst tyrants of history can dream of,“ Baron Cohen wrote on Facebook. „Its algorithm intentionally amplifies content leading to more engagement … and it is not surprising that most days the top 10 posts on Facebook are from right-wing critics and media outlets.“

Baron Cohen often uses his Twitter profile to share messages from the Digital Hate Center. At the end of December, the comedian caught the attention of his followers that Facebook and Instagram are home to „anti-extremism accounts with 40 million followers,“ as well as „accounts selling neo-Nazi goods to finance far-right extremism.“

Post in November to the news by Facebook Will not be banned Steve Bannon from the podium after calling for the beheading of Dr. Anthony Fauci and Baron Cohen SpreadMark Zuckerberg asserts that Facebook will not block people calling for murder – as long as they don’t do it often! Make no mistake – like Myanmar and Kenosha, more innocent people will be killed. Facebook will be the cause. ”

Hi Mark Zuckerberg, @ JackAnd the Embed a Tweet And the undsundarpichai Donald Trump has just incited a violent attack on American democracy.

Is that enough for you to finally act ?!

Time to ban Donald Trump from your platform permanently! pic.twitter.com/4oWoiMu0eC

Sacha Baron Cohen (@SachaBaronCohen) January 6, 2021

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