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Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views (bloomberg.com)

Posted by BeauHD on from the trust-issues dept.

According to a new Pew Research Center study, 72 percent of those polled (from a sample of 4,594 adults) think it's likely companies such as Facebook and Twitter actively censor political views that they consider objectionable. The study finds that Americans don't trust those companies to be impartial when it comes to partisan politics. Bloomberg reports: Republicans, more than their Democratic counterparts, displayed concern over perceived political bias. Eighty-five percent of Republicans and those who labeled themselves conservative independents said it's likely that social media platforms censor political speech. And 64 percent of Republicans think technology companies support the views of liberals over conservatives. The majority of Democrats, meanwhile, think it's likely that social media platforms censor political viewpoints, coming in at 62 percent. But only about a quarter of Democrats worry that these companies support the views of conservatives over liberals.

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  1. Re:Most Americans Are Dumb As Rocks by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah! Fuck the "most Americans", they almost gave us Hillary!

  2. Re:These days I don't trust ANY company on politic by Alalalalalalalalalal · · Score: 2, Funny

    Slashdot and UNITED STATES CONGRESS are tools of INFIDELS. All who use Slashdot shall PERISH. Only Almighty Allah shall be a reliable source of news.

  3. Tech companies aren't biased against Republicans by rsilvergun · · Score: 1, Funny

    or Democrats. They want whatever brings in the most money. Their "diversity" initiatives are just to more workers so they can depress wages. These companies campaign for the same low taxes, lax labor regulations and lax environmental rules as everybody else. They give a little more to Democrats but that's only because they're headquarters are located in Democratic strongholds like Seattle & California.

    Make no mistake, the "Us vs Them" isn't "Tech Company vs Republican" it is and always has been working class vs ruling class.

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  4. Re:These days I don't trust ANY company on politic by elrous0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Barring some yuuuge change, we are headed for a civil war or split-up.

    I'm hoping that Millennials will turn back from the brink when they realize that there isn't an app for civil war.

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