LA influencer goes scorched earth on Mark Zuckerbergs Meta after it caved to draconian African regime: suit

A prominent Santa Monica influencer with over 10 million followers had her social media accounts scrubbed when Meta caved to pressure from Tanzania’s government, a new lawsuit claims.Activist Mange Kimambi, 46, says she became a target of the East African nation’s rulers after using Instagram and WhatsApp to expose alleged killings and mobilize peaceful protests following last year’s disputed presidential election.California's top news, sports and entertainment delivered to your inbox every day.

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Never miss a story “The Tanzanian government instead turned to Meta, and Meta gave it what it could not obtain on its own,” says a lawsuit obtained by the California Post.“An American company, built on the freedom of expression that American law protects, chose its revenue in Tanzania over human rights, freedom, and democracy.”After Kimambi published images and videos of Tanzania’s post-election violence, the country’s attorney general publicly vowed to arrest her and sought her extradition, per the complaint, filed in San Mateo County Superior Court.But as a US citizen living in California, she was beyond the Tanzanian government’s reach.Kimambi’s attorneys claim Meta delivered what Tanzania could not: her silence — shutting down her accounts worldwide after the government allegedly threatened to block the tech company’s platforms inside the country.She became one of Tanzania’s loudest government critics after moving to the US in 2012 and is known as “sister of the nation” by supporters in her home country.Kimambi — who has sought help from President Donald Trump — claims she was targeted after using her highly viewed social media accounts to expose Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan, who was declared the winner with nearly 98% of the vote after her leading opponents were prevented...