Facebook is trying super hard to refute claims of “anti-conservative bias,” reportedly to the extent that it’s undermining the company’s own efforts to promote truth over lies.
A new investigation from the Washington Post shows how Facebook avoids penalizing certain high-profile conservative users when they spread misinformation. Facebook employees who spoke on the condition of anonymity say that these accounts skirt consequences for breaking rules because Facebook is trying to avoid disciplining conservatives who would raise hell about “anti-conservative bias.”
Two such users who receive that special treatment? Donald Trump, Jr., and the pro-Trump super PAC America First Action, among many others. Read more…
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