众议院监督委员会和司法委员会的民主党高层要求Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格作出解释，原因是本月早些时候，就在美国人参与全国数千场地方集会之际，主要的“No Kings”Instagram账号被暂时停用。
The top Democrats on the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees are demanding answers from Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg after the main “No Kings” Instagram account was temporarily suspended earlier this month — just as Americans participated in thousands of local rallies across the country.
该账号在10月17日被停用了超过一个小时，但组织者声称，他们随后又有数小时无法访问该账号。
The account was down for more than an hour on Oct. 17, but organizers claim they were then locked out of accessing the account for several additional hours.
在MS NOW率先获得的一封致扎克伯格的联名信中，加利福尼亚州众议员罗伯特·加西亚和马里兰州众议员杰米·拉斯金——两人分别是众议院监督委员会和司法委员会的首席议员——写道，这种“看似”对政治言论进行“企业审查”的行为“令人严重担忧Meta是否致力于确保自由公正的选举”。他们要求Meta最迟在11月9日前就其“选举安全努力”和No Kings事件向他们作简报。
In a joint letter to Zuckerberg obtained first by MS NOW, Reps. Robert Garcia of California and Jamie Raskin of Maryland — the ranking members of the House Oversight and Judiciary Committees, respectively — wrote that the “apparent” act of “corporate censorship of political speech raise serious concerns about Meta’s dedication to ensuring free and fair elections.”They are demanding a briefing from Meta about its “election security efforts” and the No Kings incident no later than Nov. 9.
在No Kings日活动事件后，Meta发言人安迪·斯通就该Instagram账号的问题道歉，解释说此次停用是“错误的”，是“自动化”执法行动的结果。
After the No Kings day incident, Meta spokesperson Andy Stone apologized for the issues with the Instagram account, explaining that the suspension was “incorrect” and the result of an “automated” enforcement action.
斯通写道：“当账号以极高频率发布、分享或评论时，可能会触发自动化系统。这就是今天行动日之前No Kings IG账号发生的情况。”“不幸的是，这一自动化操作显然是错误采取的，”斯通说。
Stone wrote that “when accounts post, share or comment at very high frequencies it can trigger automated systems. That’s what happened with the No Kings IG account in the lead up to today’s day of action.”“Unfortunately, that automated action was clearly taken in error,” Stone said.
但在他们的信中，民主党人驳斥了这一解释，称其“难以让公众信服”——两位民主党委员会领袖暗示，No Kings事件是这家社交媒体公司玩弄政治的更大模式的一部分。
But in their letter, Democrats dismissed that explanation as straining “public credulity” — with the two Democratic committee leaders suggesting the No Kings incident is part of a larger pattern of the social media company playing politics.
“技术故障难免发生，”加西亚和拉斯金写道，“但在 Meta，此类故障频繁出现，且奇怪的是，似乎不成比例地影响特朗普总统及其威权政治盟友的政治对手。”两人特别对近期涉及 Meta 平台的其他事件表示担忧——包括指控该公司在巴西总统大选中“扼杀”有利于路易斯·伊纳西奥·卢拉·达席尔瓦的内容，同时允许有利于特朗普支持的候选人弗拉维奥·博尔索纳罗的“亲右翼广告和深度伪造内容”继续传播。
“Technical glitches occur,” Garcia and Raskin wrote, “but at Meta they are happening frequently and, curiously, seem to disproportionately impact the political opponents of President Trump and his authoritarian political alliances.”The duo in particular raised concerns about other recent occurrences involving Meta’s platforms — including accusations that the company “choked off” content favoring Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brazil’s presidential election while allowing ”pro-right-wing ads and deepfakes” favoring Trump’s preferred candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, to continue to spread.
卢拉竞选团队将 Meta 告上法庭，指控该公司使用有偏见的算法。Meta 否认存在政治偏见，并发布博客文章试图解释发生了什么。
Lula’s campaign took Meta to court, accusing the company of using biased algorithms. Meta denied that it was acting with political bias and published a blog post in an effort to explain what happened.
加西亚和拉斯金还引用近期报道称，阿尔巴尼亚活动人士和记者使用的 Instagram 账号在当地针对与特朗普女婿贾里德·库什纳有关的酒店项目的抗议活动中被禁用。
Garcia and Raskin also cite recent reports that Instagram accounts used by Albanian activists and journalists were disabled amid protests there against a hotel project linked to Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.
在信中，加西亚和拉斯金还暗示，扎克伯格和 Meta 有经济动机去讨好白宫和特朗普团队。
In the letter, Garcia and Raskin also suggest Zuckerberg and Meta have a financial incentive to appease the White House and Trump team.
援引扎克伯格和 Meta 与特朗普白宫的各种联系——从 Meta 向东翼舞厅项目捐赠数百万美元，到首席执行官出席白宫草坪上的 UFC 格斗赛——他们写道，Meta 通过与特朗普政府合作，有望获得“数十亿美元的政府合同和数据中心激励”。“而您个人也将从采取赢得特朗普总统及其政府更多支持的行动中获益良多，”加西亚和拉斯金补充道。
Invoking Zuckerberg and Meta’s various ties to the Trump White House — from Meta’s multimillion dollar donation to the East Wing ballroom project to the CEO’s attendance at the UFC fight on the White House lawn — they write that Meta stands to make “billions of dollars in government contracts and data center incentives from working with the Trump Administration.”“And you personally stand to benefit greatly from taking actions that win you additional support from President Trump and his Administration,” Garcia and Raskin added.
Meta 未回应 MS NOW 就民主党人这封信提出的置评请求。
Meta did not respond to MS NOW’s request for comment in response to the Democrats’ letter.
粗略浏览Meta发言人的社交媒体动态便可看出，该公司的技术“错误”并非只影响了政治左翼人士。过去几年中，参议员玛莎·布莱克本（共和党-田纳西州）和枪械制造商史密斯&韦森等也遭遇过类似问题。
A cursory search of the Meta spokesperson’s social media feed does indicate that the company’s technical “errors” have not solely impacted those on the political left. In the past few years, Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., and the firearm manufacturer Smith & Wesson have also experienced issues, among others.
首次“无国王”抗议活动于2025年6月举行，旨在谴责特朗普重返白宫以来的种种行为。此后的一年半里，又组织了多个抗议日。
The first No Kings protests were held in June 2025, aimed at denouncing Trump’s actions since returning to the White House. Additional protest days have been organized in the year and a half since.
早些时候的示威活动在全国各地的城市和社区举行，被认为是美国历史上规模最大的单日抗议活动之一，全国有数百万人参加了集会。
The earlier demonstrations, which occurred in cities and communities across the country, are considered some of the largest single-day protests in U.S. history, with millions attending the rallies nationwide.
最近一次活动于10月17日举行，距离选举日不到三周，重点是鼓励人们提前投票。
The most recent event on Oct. 17, which occurred less than three weeks before Election Day, focused on encouraging people to vote early.