> The poll shows that Republicans almost universally believe that these companies censor their viewpoint, despite the fact that these companies have bent over b

> The poll shows that Republicans almost universally believe that these companies censor their viewpoint, despite the fact that these companies have bent over backwards to accommodate those views and to give them platforms. However, that belief isn't totally without basis. Facebook fired its entire trending topics curation team [1], after allegations that its members suppressed conservative stories [2]. Even though Facebook denied that any ideological suppression took place, their actions in firing the team could be interpreted as confirming them, especially considering how badly their algorithm performed without human oversight afterwards. [1] https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/29/facebook-fires-trending-topics-team-algorithm https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/aug/29/facebook-... [2] https://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006 https://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-sup...