Antar challenges Sanders's claim of deliberate suppression
Sam E. AntarForensic accounting consultant and financial commentator
Sam Antar asks Sanders for evidence that billionaires ordered the suppression, after citing TikTok's ban on paid political ads, Meta's statement that No Kings was mistakenly flagged for suspicious automated activity and Meta's account of the Brazil restrictions.
“You lump three different situations together and blame billionaires for deliberately suppressing democracy. Where’s the evidence they ordered it?”
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Meta suspends No Kings Instagram account during protest day, then calls it an automated error
Meta suspended the No Kings Coalition's Instagram account during the coalition's October 17, 2026 day of early-voting events. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone called it an automated error and later attributed it to a Claude tool's reading activity. Organizers, Democratic senators and Common Cause question the explanation or call the suspension censorship.
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Antar quote-posted Sanders's criticism of Meta and TikTok.
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Antar addresses Sanders directly and asks whether he checked the facts. He says TikTok has prohibited paid political advertising for years, that Meta says No Kings was mistakenly flagged for suspicious automated activity and was restored, and that Meta says many of the Brazil restrictions involved court orders and election rules.
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He notes that Sanders has been in Congress for 35 years and asks whether this is how he evaluates evidence or whether he just finds a billionaire to blame.
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Antar disputes the characterization of the No Kings suspension as a deliberate order by a billionaire.
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