Vincent Harris Quoted in Facebook’s Zuckerberg makes plea for conservatives’ ‘trust’
By TONY ROMM and HADAS GOLD Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday personally extended an olive branch to conservatives still reeling from charges that the social media giant has suppressed news from right-leaning media outlets. At a roughly 90-minute, closed-door meeting at the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters, Zuckerberg emphasized that Facebook doesn’t censor political viewpoints…
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By TONY ROMM and HADAS GOLD After accusations of anti-conservative bias began to burn Facebook last week, the social media giant quietly reached out to Republican Party leaders to douse the brush fire. It contacted the Republican National Committee, whose chairman, Reince Priebus, had publicly demanded that Facebook “answer for conservative censorship” — and the…
Read MoreVincent Harris Quoted In By Getting Into The News Business, Facebook Opened Itself Up To A New Controversy
Facebook denies allegations from a former news curator that it scrubs its site of articles by and about political conservatives. (Karen Bleier / AFP / Getty Images) David Pierson and Paresh Dave To lure more users and advertising dollars, Facebook has increasingly assumed the role of a news organization by curating and publishing articles…
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