By David Ben Hooren

The ongoing antitrust trial between the Federal Trade Commission and Meta Platforms Inc. is more than a legal skirmish over corporate mergers—it is a moment of reckoning for American democracy. As The Wall Street Journal reported, this case has the potential to unravel Meta’s tightly controlled social media empire, force divestitures of Instagram and WhatsApp, and send a clear message that unchecked digital monopolies will no longer be tolerated. But if we are to confront the full weight of Meta’s power, Congress must act now—forcefully and decisively—to break up this corporate behemoth for reasons that go far beyond market dominance. At the heart of this battle lies a deeper, more insidious truth: Meta has become an engine of censorship, silencing voices that challenge its ideological orthodoxy. The cost is not just economic. It is constitutional.

What our investigation has revealed – Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg did business with the Chinese Communist Party, built censorship tools for them, and turned over user data – and lied about it to Congress & the American people. Now it’s time for consequences pic.twitter.com/cJwAYJ2sgj

— Josh Hawley (@HawleyMO) April 10, 2025

Nowhere is this more glaring than in the case of The Jewish Voice (TJVNews.com), a legitimate, highly reputable news outlet that dares to maintain a conservative, pro-Israel, and pro-America stance. Without warning or explanation, Facebook permanently removed The Jewish Voice’s page—a digital lifeline to its readership—effectively erasing years of work, journalism, and community engagement. Despite The Jewish Voice sending numerous formal correspondences seeking an explanation or appeal, Meta offered nothing but silence. No rationale. No justification. No due process.

This is not content moderation. This is ideological purging.

If what this whistleblower says is true, then Mark Zuckerberg needs to be charged with treason for profiting from assisting China in the development of military A.I., as well as allowing the Chinese Communist Party access to the private conversations of Facebook users. pic.twitter.com/zX0Ahw4mYS

— Possum Reviews (@ReviewsPossum) April 12, 2025

Mark Zuckerberg just didn’t interfere in the 2020 election. He took part in the criminal conspiracy for the overthrow of the United Stated government on November 3, 2020.

Mark Zuckerberg belongs in prison and nothing less. https://t.co/5nHXIUwlDC pic.twitter.com/HqVhlGtpmI

— 🇺🇸RealRobert🇺🇸 (@Real_RobN) April 10, 2025

Meta’s decision to eliminate The Jewish Voice from its platform is not an isolated incident; it is part of a broader pattern of suppressing viewpoints that do not align with its hyper-liberal worldview. What we are witnessing is a single individual—Mark Zuckerberg—assuming the role of an unelected, unaccountable arbiter of truth. Zuckerberg, a billionaire from Silicon Valley, a liberal Jew whose political biases are well documented, has created a system in which dissent from the progressive mainstream is treated as a threat to be neutralized rather than a viewpoint to be engaged.

Also bearing responsibility for the suppression of dissenting viewpoints at Meta are former Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and current Instagram chief Adam Mosseri. Together with Mark Zuckerberg, the trio effectively operated as a unified leadership bloc, actively pursuing a coordinated strategy to marginalize voices they viewed as contrary to their progressive ideological objectives.

🚨🌎 Holy Shit – “Mark Zuckerberg pledged himself a Free Speech Champion”

“I witnessed META work hand in glove with The Chinese Communist Party – custom built Censorship Tools”

META Whistleblower leaves Zuck looking like the American Traitor he is. Facebook were also obviously… pic.twitter.com/9wwPT4sqMS

— Concerned Citizen (@BGatesIsaPyscho) April 9, 2025

rade Commission told a federal judge that Meta illegally acquired Instagram and WhatsApp as part of a larger strategy to buy or crush up-and-coming rivals.

Will Mark Zuckerberg be forced to sell WhatsApp and Instagram after the FTC trial? pic.twitter.com/J42L4epKLf

— AJ Huber (@Huberton) April 14, 2025

And let us be clear: The Jewish Voice’s only “crime” was daring to present a narrative that defended Israel unapologetically and called out anti-American and anti-Zionist sentiments that dominate elite discourse.

The removal of The Jewish Voice is not just an attack on a conservative newspaper. It is an assault on the First Amendment and the foundational principle of free expression. While Meta hides behind its status as a private company to justify its censorship, the reality is that Facebook has become the de facto public square. When that square is monopolized and curated by ideological gatekeepers, it ceases to be a space for democratic exchange. It becomes a filtered echo chamber engineered to exclude, suppress, and deplatform any voice deemed inconvenient.

Mark Zuckerberg belongs in prison and Facebook must be broken up immediately!

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— Cernovich (@Cernovich) April 9, 2025

According to The Wall Street Journal, Meta has long used its acquisition strategy not to foster innovation but to smother competition. Internal emails reveal that Zuckerberg viewed Instagram not as a complement to Facebook, but as a threat. “What we are really buying is time,” he wrote when acquiring the app. That’s not the language of a competitor; that’s the language of a monopolist terrified of disruption.

Meta’s defenders claim that consumers have “benefited” from the company’s acquisitions. But what good is slick functionality when the company behind it is eroding the most essential right of all—free speech? A platform that refuses to tolerate ideological diversity is not serving consumers. It is manipulating them.

The FTC’s case is vital, but Congress cannot afford to sit on the sidelines. Lawmakers must legislate where regulators alone may falter. A bipartisan coalition should be working right now to enact legislation that curtails Big Tech’s ability to amass and weaponize power. At a minimum, that means forcing Meta to spin off Instagram and WhatsApp, stripping it of the structural dominance it uses to censor voices such as The Jewish Voice. But this is just the beginning. Congress must also demand transparency in content moderation, protect political and religious speech, and hold tech executives personally accountable for unconstitutional censorship.

This is not about right or left. It is about right and wrong. When a single company controls the global conversation, dictates the boundaries of debate, and erases legitimate news outlets without explanation, that company has become a threat to democracy itself. Meta is no longer just a business. It is a regime.

The time to act is now. If we fail to break up Meta, we are handing the future of free speech—not just in America but across the world—to a handful of ideologically driven billionaires who believe their judgment supersedes the Constitution. We cannot afford that future. We must fight for one where all voices—liberal, conservative, Zionist, Christian, atheist, left or right—are allowed to be heard.

Break up Meta. For the sake of liberty, for the sake of democracy, and for the sake of every silenced voice still waiting for justice.

Exactly like we said. American social media CEOs are as corrupt as it gets and they know that they’re running brainwashing machines. Here is more proof Mark Zuckerberg was in cahoots with China. pic.twitter.com/iajOU5rlFz

— MAGA Cult Slayer🦅🇺🇸 (@MAGACult2) April 10, 2025