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Mark Zuckerberg: 'No Evidence' Facebook Staff Suppressed Stories With Conservative Viewpoints (theverge.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Verge: Mark Zuckerberg has issued a statement in response to the controversy alleging that Facebook staff intentionally prevented stories with a conservative viewpoint from appearing in the site's Trending Topics section. "We take this report very seriously and are conducting a full investigation to ensure our teams upheld the integrity of this product," Zuckerberg writes on Facebook. "We have found no evidence that this report is true. If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it." Zuckerberg says he will invite "leading conservatives and people from across the political spectrum" to discuss the matter in the coming weeks, with the aim of having a "direct conversation about what Facebook stands for and how we can be sure our platform stays as open as possible." Earlier today, more evidence surfaced to support Gawker's two recent reports that claimed editors manipulate the trending news. Facebook published a blog post explaining how Trending Topics on its platform works, insisting there's no discrimination against sources of any political origin.
Yes, Prime Minister: https://youtu.be/vKer_nMOIZ8?t...
PM: I told them that I hadn't found any evidence
Bernard: That's because you haven't been looking
Sir Humphry: And we haven't shown you any
PM: Yes, well done!
The lying weasel actually came out and said it in plain words:
If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it."
Conservatism is against their principles and they are addressing it.
In the free world the media isn't government run; the government is media run.
Hey... if it's good enough for the police it should be good enough for Facebook, right?
Indeed. They now have a conspiratorial narrative whereby Democrats are plotting to take away their guns and Christmas trees, while Obamacare doctors turn their kids gay by vaccinating them with secret Sharia sauce.
Table-ized A.I.