Gee, why would you think we were trying to keep you down?
Via Free Beacon:
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will meet with “leading conservatives and people across the political spectrum” in the upcoming weeks after a report unveiled that the social media platform censors conservative viewpoints from the site’s trending news section.
Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post Thursday night that the company’s investigation into the allegations didn’t turn up evidence that the account is true, but vowed to have a “direct” conversation with those on the right regarding the charges.
Earlier this week, Gizmodo reported that Facebook “blacklisted” stories focused on right-leaning issues from the site’s trending news, citing a source who formerly worked as a curator at the company.
“I’d come on shift and I’d discover that CPAC or Mitt Romney or Glenn Beck or popular conservative topics wouldn’t be trending because either the curator didn’t recognize the news topic or it was like they had a bias against Ted Cruz,” the curator said. “I believe it had a chilling effect on conservative news.”
The report sparked instant outrage from leaders on the right. Sen. John Thune (R, S.D.) demanded that Facebook explain Gizmodo’s allegations, writing in a letter to Zuckerberg that he explain how the company “investigates claims of politically motivated manipulation.”