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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: Salamander

Well, there is that.

Inspiration for comment:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Internet,_nobody_knows_you‘re_a_dog


61 posted on 02/01/2021 8:28:41 PM PST by Disambiguator
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To: Disambiguator
I know.

1993

It's an ancient meme.

:D


62 posted on 02/01/2021 8:32:49 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

No evidence of massive fraud and illegality in the election...

Epstein killed himself...

Yawn


63 posted on 02/01/2021 8:34:34 PM PST by HamiltonJay
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To: EdnaMode

Precisely.


64 posted on 02/01/2021 8:43:54 PM PST by sauropod (#ImpeachMcConnell. #Resist. #NotMyPresident.)
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To: EdnaMode

LOL!

That Babylon Bee....


65 posted on 02/01/2021 8:47:10 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Allegations of vote fraud cause you to 1)Provide contrary evidence or 2)Censor and erect razor wire)
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To: EdnaMode

Just like there was no voter fraud.


66 posted on 02/01/2021 10:01:27 PM PST by Altura Ct.
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To: daler

[There should be a new award for the media, perhaps to replace the Pulitzer.

I would suggest the “Helen Keller Prize for Journalism.” ]


I’d replace Helen Keller with Walter Duranty.


67 posted on 02/01/2021 10:17:38 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: EdnaMode

Variety? I’ve found reading a roll of toilet paper more interesting. This is garbage.


68 posted on 02/01/2021 11:23:11 PM PST by FlingWingFlyer (You can vote your way into socialism but you have to shoot your way out of it.)
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To: EdnaMode

No evidence of Anti-conservative bias??????

That makes as much sense and since no courts allowed testimony on specific vote fraud, there was not vote fraud.

We are in an Orwellian world where words have specially defined meaning depending on who says them. As Bill Clinton parsed words, like debating what is is, and as Hillary Clinton mocked people when asked about her hard drive contents being wiped, like with a cloth?

Yes, we are in a world where words don’t mean what you think they mean the words are used to create spin and illusions.


69 posted on 02/02/2021 1:32:19 AM PST by Robert357
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To: EdnaMode

Big Tech companies have ADMITTED that they censor conservative comments/sites so this NYU report is full of crap. If I recall correctly, NYU also has a very far left, neo-Marxist Brennan Center for ?Law and Human Rights?” or something like that. As far left as you can go except for any Un. of Calif. law school.


70 posted on 02/02/2021 1:40:14 AM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: EdnaMode

The pot calling the kettle black. Leftist, democrat party media lie about everything.


71 posted on 02/02/2021 1:58:31 AM PST by joma89 (Buy weapons and ammo, folks, and have the will to use them.)
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To: EdnaMode

bull shit.
MSM is a liberals paradise.


72 posted on 02/02/2021 2:03:07 AM PST by Joe Boucher (Biden family crime syndicate and Camel toe the whore. Leaders of the free world?)
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To: EdnaMode

I can’t stop chuckling at this. These people aren’t that stupid, but they think we are


73 posted on 02/02/2021 5:38:42 AM PST by grb
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To: EdnaMode

NYU? They wouldn’t recognize bias (or conservatism) if it walked up and slapped them in the face.

They don’t even know what bathroom to use.


74 posted on 02/02/2021 6:32:46 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: daler
I would suggest the “Helen Keller Prize for Journalism.”

Yep! The Ray Charles Visionary Award.

75 posted on 02/02/2021 6:35:36 AM PST by Albion Wilde (Laughter separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love. --Craig Ferguson)
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To: EdnaMode

Right. And there’s no evidence Nazis were biased against Jews or that Commies were biased against Kulaks either.

None at all! Really! Trust us.


76 posted on 02/02/2021 6:45:28 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: EdnaMode

With that result, I have no doubt it was conducted by a bunch of liberals.


77 posted on 02/02/2021 6:47:08 AM PST by Kath
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To: EdnaMode
No Evidence of Anti-Conservative Bias by Social Media, New Study Asserts

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78 posted on 02/02/2021 6:50:10 AM PST by TruthWillWin (Joe is not my POTUS)
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To: EdnaMode

Studies suck. You can make ‘em say anything you want.


79 posted on 02/02/2021 8:07:52 AM PST by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: READINABLUESTATE

“NYU researchers”

Funded by the CCP and the DNC.

A Study Touted As A Blow To Conservatives’ Complaints About Big Tech Censorship Was Funded By A Major Biden Donor

https://dailycaller.com/2021/02/01/craig-newmark-disinformation-conservative-joe-bide/

Nailed it!


80 posted on 02/02/2021 11:02:56 AM PST by READINABLUESTATE (CENSORSHIP = VIOLENCE)
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