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As a non-user of Facebook (and a non-American), I'm curious to hear what kind of critical decisions favored conservative supporters? It seems like giving any v
by flyinglizard 6y ago
As a non-user of Facebook (and a non-American), I'm curious to hear what kind of critical decisions favored conservative supporters?
It seems like giving any voice to conservatives is considered a PR suicide right now. I'd be surprised if FB did that.
(whether this is only within the tech world or a broader point of view in America will soon be discovered come elections time)
- hobs 6y agoYou haven't been paying much attention then https://money.cnn.com/2016/05/18/media/facebook-conservative-leaders-meeting/ https://money.cnn.com/2016/05/18/media/facebook-conservative... https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-holding-private-dinners-with-conservatives-2019-10 https://www.businessinsider.com/mark-zuckerberg-holding-priv... tl;dr conservatives bitched that social media has a liberal bias and social media moguls started listening. Same thing with twitter.
- _jal 6y agoHere is one recent article on the topic, but google around FB has been hiring Republican operatives to try to quell the abuse, among other things. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/03/facebook-politics-republicans-right https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/03/facebook-... As a US American and non-FB user, I can say it is fairly obvious in the way Republican politicians attack them, and how they respond. There's a strategy Republicans use with the press, and it wouldn't surprise me if it isn't obvious to those who haven't seen it play out before.
- SamReidHughes 6y agoThey don't do as much censorship of conservatives as liberal censors would like.