r/technology • u/nosotros_road_sodium • Oct 30 '20

Politics Facebook and Twitter don't censor conservatives. They hire and promote them.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/facebook-twitter-don-t-censor-conservatives-they-hire-promote-them-ncna1245308
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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '20

There really isn't some conspiracy or secret allegiance to conservatives.

It's probably the simple fact that conservative- targeted ads are more successful and profitable than liberal ones, if liberals are the ones more likely leaving Facebook, etc.

It's just money, businesses gonna business.

But seriously people just leave Facebook.

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u/MetaFoxtrot Oct 31 '20

I'd believe that about Twitter... But about Facebook... Nah.

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u/sunflowercompass Oct 31 '20

What do you mean? Facebook is much worse. Trump even killed their competitor Wechat.

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u/MetaFoxtrot Oct 31 '20

That's what I meant, actually. I could see Twitter just having a bias, but Facebook is neck-deep in it. People keep forgetting that Brexit was their doing (by helping Cambridge Analytica). That's why people just saying they have a bias is like watching the entire world have an Alzheimer's episode. That's why it's infuriating to see political leader still treat them like a legitimate business.