Recently Facebook has been accused of purposely suppressing conservative stories and top Republicans want to get to the bottom of it.
The Commerce Committee, led by Republican John Thune of South Dakota, asked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to respond to anonymous allegation that former contractors suppressed news about conservatives and links to right-leaning websites.In a letter on Tuesday, Thune demanded to know who is ultimately responsible for the “trending” box on the Facebook home page; what steps Facebook has taken to investigate the claims of bias; and how Facebook keeps records of its editorial decisions as reported by CNNMoney.
A Facebook spokesman confirmed they received Sen. Thune’s request and they are looking forward to addressing his questions.
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First Amendment attorney Floyd Abrams told CNNMoney:
Thune asked Facebook to respond by May 24.Facebook is free to reveal what information it chooses about its decision-making process and to defend its editorial process as it chooses. Members of Congress and other may take issue with those decision. But the First Amendment leaves no room for Congress to investigate or otherwise insert itself into Facebook’s editorial decision-making.
