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Social media giants insist they are not biased against conservatives, but Sen. Mike Lee doesn't buy
Social media giants insist they are not biased against conservatives, but Sen. Mike Lee doesn’t buy itSocial media companies such as Twitter, Google and Facebook are insisting to Sen. Mike Lee that they are not biased toward conservatives, but he’s not buying it.
He made that clear Thursday after looking at their responses to a series of questions he sent them about how and why they moderate or cut comments online — after he had attacked what he says is their warping of public debate by unfairly silencing many conservatives.
“The responses received from the tech companies about bias against conservatives at their firms were completely unpersuasive,” Lee said in a statement Thursday.
“I continue to be concerned about the ideological discrimination going on at these firms and I believe further oversight will be necessary in order to obtain the facts and answers that the American people deserve.”
Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2020/09/10/social-media-giants/
(Salt Lake Tribune)
A certain senator must be feeling paranoid.
