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No Evidence of Anti-Conservative Bias by Social Media, New Study Asserts
Variety ^ | February 1, 2021 | Todd Spangler

Posted on 02/01/2021 6:45:53 PM PST by EdnaMode

Internet platforms like Twitter, Facebook and YouTube are not systematically biased against conservatives or right-wing viewpoints in their content moderation practices, according to an analysis from NYU researchers.

According to the report released Monday, “False Accusation: The Unfounded Claim that Social Media Companies Censor Conservatives,” the allegation that social media companies engage in anti-conservative bias “is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it.”

“No trustworthy large-scale studies have determined that conservative content is being removed for ideological reasons,” the NYU report says. “Even anecdotal evidence of supposed bias tends to crumble under close examination.”

In fact, the report, produced by the NYU Stern Center for Business and Human Rights, cited evidence that social media platforms have actually amplified right-leaning voices algorithmically to reach “unprecedented audiences,” often giving conservatives greater reach than liberal or nonpartisan content creators. The report analyzed data from multiple sources, including past reports like a 2020 study from Politico and the Institute for Strategic Dialogue and social-data analytics firms CrowdTangle and NewsWhip.

Former President Donald Trump and a legion of U.S. conservatives have complained loudly that Big Tech somehow treats right-leaning users and content differently than others on the political spectrum.

(Excerpt) Read more at variety.com ...


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Society
KEYWORDS: 1984; academicbias; anotherstudy; bias; bs; censorship; conservative; conservatives; facebook; fakenews; gaslighting; gaslightmedia; jgrantsims; liars; nyunyucknyucks; paulmbarrett; socialmedia; thedailygaslight; twitter; youtube
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To: EdnaMode
There was no Hunter Biden laptop, no vote fraud - and there are five lights.

Say it.

There are five lights


21 posted on 02/01/2021 6:58:13 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

“Not merely the validity of experience, but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy. The heresy of heresies was common sense.”
- 1984


22 posted on 02/01/2021 6:58:22 PM PST by polymuser (A socialist is a communist without the power to take everything from their citizens...yet.)
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To: EdnaMode

In other news, Robert Shapiro re-examined the Simpson case and concluded that, contrary to public opinion, OJ definitely didn’t do it.


23 posted on 02/01/2021 6:58:56 PM PST by MountainWalker
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To: Chaguito

“The Daily Gaslight”


24 posted on 02/01/2021 6:59:03 PM PST by kiryandil (New Movie: The Assassination Of Ashli Babbitt By The Anonymous Coward)
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To: EdnaMode

Indoctrination camps like NYU are even more biased against conservatives than the social media authoritarians.


25 posted on 02/01/2021 6:59:08 PM PST by FenwickBabbitt
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To: EdnaMode
Indeed. There's NO EVIDENCE of anti-conservative bias because BIG TECH DELETES ALL OF IT.

DONALD TRUMP

"ELECTON FRAUD!"

"ELECTION FRAUD!"

"ELECTION FRAUD!"

"ELECTION FRAUD!"

PARLER

26 posted on 02/01/2021 6:59:47 PM PST by CivilWarBrewing (Get off my back for my usage of CAPS, especially you snowflake males! MAN UP!)
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To: EdnaMode

They proclaimed it so and so it was.


27 posted on 02/01/2021 7:00:53 PM PST by Irenic
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To: SomeCallMeTim

It is staggering, isn’t it?


28 posted on 02/01/2021 7:01:37 PM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith.....)
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To: EdnaMode

These are the same scientists who claim there are 100 genders.


29 posted on 02/01/2021 7:01:50 PM PST by P-Marlowe (Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List )
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To: EdnaMode

total BS.


30 posted on 02/01/2021 7:02:07 PM PST by Skywise
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To: KC_Conspirator
Are you kidding me? I have been part of numerous groups on Fakebook that have outright been “archived”, i.e. shut down/removed for having simple political discussions. What a bunch of crap.

I bet this NYU study classified you as liberal. Thus, no bias against conservatives. Voila!

31 posted on 02/01/2021 7:02:07 PM PST by cockroach_magoo
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To: SaveFerris

And in other news, I AM actually a salamander with a keyboard and internet access.

I know, shocking, isn’t it?


32 posted on 02/01/2021 7:02:14 PM PST by Salamander (There's Nothing For It But To Sit And Wait For The Hard Men To Get Me Out....)
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To: EdnaMode

Crackpot article by virtual crackheads.


33 posted on 02/01/2021 7:04:39 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: EdnaMode

No, the lights are not getting dimmer -— have you had your eyes checked? Maybe you’re just imagining it . . .


34 posted on 02/01/2021 7:04:49 PM PST by LTC.Ret
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To: EdnaMode
Project Veritas have videos proving otherwise.

Institute for Strategic Dialogue, founder Sasha Havlicek
She has spearheaded the largest global network of former extremists (AVE) in partnership with Google’s Jigsaw; the Strong Cities Network, the first global counter-extremism cities network; and the Innovation Hub, a partnership with Facebook, Google and Twitter to counter extremists’ online efforts.

I didn't research the rest of them as this told me all I need to know.

35 posted on 02/01/2021 7:04:51 PM PST by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

Gaslight media continues gaslighting


36 posted on 02/01/2021 7:05:35 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: EdnaMode

Just more gaslighting.


37 posted on 02/01/2021 7:05:36 PM PST by facedown (Armed in the Heartland)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

How many of the Weather Underground work there?

https://nyulocal.com/former-weather-underground-member-and-convicted-felon-now-holds-positions-at-columbia-nyu-bc4e2b4d1735?gi=be269dc4424b


38 posted on 02/01/2021 7:06:52 PM PST by a fool in paradise (Call on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity. )
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To: EdnaMode

These people are just out of touch fascists. They believe their own BS.


39 posted on 02/01/2021 7:08:32 PM PST by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: EdnaMode

Exhibit A of Pissing down our legs and telling us it’s raining...


40 posted on 02/01/2021 7:08:48 PM PST by Señor Presidente
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