Schumer Told Warner To Back Off Investigating FaceBook

[Me.]

“Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) reportedly told Sen. Mark Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, to back off of investigating Facebook and its role in enabling Russia’s misinformation campaign in the U.S.

The New York Times reported on Wednesday in a story about Facebook’s internal response to controversies over data privacy and Russian election meddling that Schumer told Warner, who has been the tech platform’s chief antagonist on Capitol Hill, that he should be trying to cooperate with Facebook instead of scrutinizing it.

A Senate source familiar with the meeting between Schumer and Warner told The Hill that Schumer urged Warner to have the committee focus on issues related to disinformation and future election meddling.

The source said that Schumer was worried that Facebook may "bow to pressure from the right wing, who opposed Facebook’s purging of fake accounts and bots."

https://thehill.com/policy/technology/416787-schumer-told-warner-to-back-off-of-facebook-report

It has also been reported that Schumer's daughter works for FB.

[RockRaven]

1. F*ck Chuck, Zuck, and Zuck*

*--Zucker (CNN) and Zuckerberg (FB)

[Me.]

2. I Cannot Disagree

[jrthin]

4. I can't either. He's my Senator (sigh). nt

[Me.]

7. Mine Too.

[ananda]

3. I know who needs to be replaced, and it's not Pelosi.

Sheesh

[Me.]

6. You've Got That Right

I've been dissatisfied with my SEnator ever since he turned his back on PBO. And he should be ashamed considering that FB used anti-semitic conspiracy theories to smear Soros as a distracting method from what they weren't doing to clean up FB.

[grantcart]

11. His position on Iran is the worst

[Me.]

12. It's Israel's Position

and I wish he'd remember he's a US Senator and what's best for us should be his priority

[bullwinkle428]

16. WORD. We can be such a frigging clown car/circular firing squad

on top of a dumpster fire at times.

[BannonsLiver]

5. And people think Pelosi is the problem

[Champion Jack]

8. Doesn't his daughter work there...?

[Me.]

9. Yes

[Baitball Blogger]

10. Schumer, step down from the Senate leader position.

We don't need any old guard Dems hanging around.

[Me.]

13. THat's Not My Beef With Him

It's his policies and seeming lack of fortitude when dealing with McConnell. I think Durbin is the better choice and he's 'old guard' too.

[BannonsLiver]

14. Durbin would be a much better leader

i generally back our leadership unequivocally but I’ve had enough of Schumer.

[colsohlibgal]

15. We Need Democrats To Act Like Democrats

C’mon Chuck.