Georgia State Hearing to Investigate Facebook’s Permanent Ban of #WalkAway Campaign- Live Stream

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GA Representative Mesha Mainor, made headlines in the summer of 2023 for her public departure from the Democratic Party. She led a groundbreaking
investigation into Facebook's permanent banning of the #WalkAway Campaign.
This is the first instance where an elected official formally examined the social media giant's baffling and unexplained decision to ban the #WalkAway Campaign from their platform.

On January 8, 2021, Facebook permanently banned the #WalkAway Campaign account, along with all associated accounts, without providing any explanation or opportunity for recourse. This action resulted in:

- The banning of the #WalkAway Campaign Group, which had 511,000 members, effectively silencing the voices of Americans and permanently deleting tens of thousands of testimonial videos and stories.
- The removal of the #WalkAway Foundation Business Page, which had 150,000
subscribers, crippling its ability to fundraise, plan, and host national events, and contact members.
- The banning of personal and professional pages of all administrators, severely impacting their unrelated businesses.
- Detrimental impacts on the #WalkAway Foundation’s fundraising and business operations, as well as the businesses of independent contractors associated with the campaign.
- The deletion of years of accumulated pictures, videos, content, and data from public view and making them inaccessible to account holders.

No opportunity for appeal, explanation, or reinstatement was ever provided by Facebook to any parties affected.

Representative Mainor's efforts aim to shed light on the practices of social media platforms and ensure accountability in their content moderation decisions.