Silicon Valley and the larger tech industry are consistently accused of political censorship, and platforms and services often seem to be showing it.
Facebook employees in control of the social network’s trending news section allegedly suppressed stories more likely to be interesting to conservative readers, which subsequently bumped positive liberal stories up higher, according to Gizmodo. This fueled an already blazing fire, since these allegations corroborated what many conservative pundits and news outlets suspected for some time.
“We take allegations of bias very seriously,” an official Facebook representative told The Daily Caller News Foundation. “Facebook is a platform for people and perspectives across the political spectrum.” They added that they have meticulous rules for their review team. – READ MORE
