Republicans: Break Up Big Tech After Facebook Board Upholds Trump Ban

Democrats cheer board's decision, call for ban to be made permanent

The Facebook logo is displayed on a mobile phone in this picture illustration taken on Dec. 2, 2019. Johanna Geron/Illustration/Reuters

Congressional Republicans on May 5, upset with the decision by Facebook’s Oversight Board to uphold the company’s ban of former President Donald Trump, said they'd work to curb the technology giant’s power.

“Break them up,” Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), the top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee, said in reaction to the decision.