Monday's Wall St Journal has an op-ed denouncing Facebook's practice in the matter. From reading the article it is not clear just what "shadow banning" really is, or how much it hurts. But to lay any sort of sanctions or restrictions on sitting Congressmen is absurd.
Congressmen get to be Congressmen by winning a majority of the votes. Which means their view points are acceptable to a lot of people. When Facebook decides that they are smarter or more political correct than someone who won an election, they are being profoundly undemocratic. They are claiming the right as lefty techno weenies to silence people who have broad support, broader than any bunch of techno-weenies.
I can understand Facebook's desire to keep pornography, neonazis, Islamic terrorists, bots and bot nets, Russian trolls, and clearly deranged individuals off Facebook. But to attack sitting Congressmen is beyond the pale.
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