Sam E. Antar
Role at the time: Forensic accounting consultant and financial commentator
Challenged the characterization
Statement summary
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?”
Read the original post (opens in a new tab)Sam E. Antar on the No Kings suspensionOriginal post, concluding challenge
Antar quote-posted Sanders's criticism of Meta and TikTok.
Why we used this label
Antar disputes the characterization of the No Kings suspension as a deliberate order by a billionaire.