Tony Romm

Facebook won’t take down an ad that Rep. Ilhan Omar’s office says could lead to harassment and death threats

May 20, 2021 Cat Zakrzewski and Tony Romm

(Washington Post) Facebook has refused to remove a widely viewed attack ad that links Rep. Ilhan Omar to Hamas, even after her aides told the tech giant the message is inaccurate, hateful and threatened to subject her to death threats. The controversy […]

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey called Rep. Ilhan Omar after Trump’s tweet sparked a flood of death threats Twitter did not take down the tweet, despite Omar’s request, a source said.

April 25, 2019 Tony Romm

(Washington Post) Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey phoned Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar on Tuesday and stood by the company’s decision to permit a tweet from President Trump that later resulted in a flood of death threats targeting the congresswoman. The previously unreported […]

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