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Facebook execs to meet with GOP leaders over concerns about anti-conservative bias
The Hill ^ | 06/15/18 | Harper Neidig

Posted on 06/15/2018 7:26:35 AM PDT by yesthatjallen

Facebook is sending some of its top executives to meet with Republican leaders following complaints about anti-conservative bias on social media, the company confirmed to The Hill on Friday.

The officials from Facebook’s public policy team will be meeting with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), RNC Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel and Brad Parscale, President Trump’s 2020 campaign manager.

A McCarthy spokeswoman said that the meeting would focus on “continued issues with conservative censorship on their website.”

The meeting was first reported by Axios.

Facebook will be represented by a group of former GOP officials: Kevin Martin, who served as FCC chairman during the George W. Bush administration; Joel Kaplan, Bush’s former deputy chief of staff; Greg Maurer, who was an aide to former Speaker John Boehner; and former Republican digital strategist Katie Harbath.

Facebook and other social media companies have faced criticism from conservatives over accusations that the industry is biased against conservative speech. The meeting comes after Parscale and McDaniel sent a letter to Facebook and Twitter in May. And McCarthy has become an increasingly vocal critic of tech companies, even though he’s received thousands of dollars in campaign contributions from Silicon Valley.

Parscale, the digital director on Trump’s 2016 campaign, has also been a critic of tech companies, though he’s credited Facebook with helping Trump win the White House.

Facebook has responded to the criticism by launching a review of conservative bias on the platform led by former GOP Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.).

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


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: facebook; goop
The GOP needs to deal with the SPLC and ADL who define and condemn 'conservative hate speech' and are actively working with Facebook to set THEIR standards.

It's time to find out WHO is setting the rules, WHO is enforcing the rules, WHO is tasked with implementing the rules.

Also, it's time to review algorithms. No more claiming 'proprietary' rights is there is clear evidence of ideology bias and discrimination against conservatives.

1 posted on 06/15/2018 7:26:35 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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To: yesthatjallen

Don’t fall for the olive branch routine.
Time to regulate the cr*p out of them.


2 posted on 06/15/2018 7:27:38 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Buckeye McFrog

It’s time to stop using them at all.

I nuked my FB account months ago. Don’t miss it at all.

L


3 posted on 06/15/2018 7:28:59 AM PDT by Lurker (President Trump isn't our last chance. President Trump is THEIR last chance.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“Time to regulate the cr*p out of them.”

Way, way, way past time for that to happen!


4 posted on 06/15/2018 7:38:30 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: yesthatjallen

The GOP-e has problems spelling high tech let alone understanding it.
More corruption swept under the table while the Rats laugh all the way to the bank.


5 posted on 06/15/2018 7:40:00 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: yesthatjallen

How about some Trump supporters in the room


6 posted on 06/15/2018 7:40:00 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: yesthatjallen

Meet with GOP? Screw that, just make them register and follow the rules of a PAC,, because in reality they are a wing of the DNC.


7 posted on 06/15/2018 7:40:11 AM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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8 posted on 06/15/2018 7:49:07 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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To: Lurker

I am not and have never been on Facebook.
I have serious issues with them regarding a relative
who was being taken advantage of by criminals overseas.

I rubbed the evidence under their noses.
They could not have cared less.

Evil, rotten people.


9 posted on 06/15/2018 8:00:29 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: yesthatjallen

Let me guess, McConnell, Ryan, head of the RNC, a few more GOPe types...

Yeah, that’ll help.

/s


10 posted on 06/15/2018 8:23:12 AM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: yesthatjallen

Fakebook is for women to gossip and spy
Nothing more
Ignore it


11 posted on 06/15/2018 8:24:56 AM PDT by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: yesthatjallen

Upon reading the headline my first thought was:
“Why would Facebook care about the anti-conservative bias of the GOP leaders?”


12 posted on 06/15/2018 8:41:57 AM PDT by Do_Tar (To my NSA handler: Only kidding.)
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To: yesthatjallen

I think that Facebook has every right to censor any non-leftist view or post.

But they should be forced to be honest with the public. They need to post on the logon page that non-leftist thought and companies will not be tolerated, and they should force the user to check a box, signifying that they understand that any news, opinions, or advertisements they see will be from a leftist perspective. That the user understands that even though they may “subscribe” to OTL (Other Than Leftist) “channels,” that there is no guarantee that the content will ever be seen.

Mark


13 posted on 06/15/2018 8:55:14 AM PDT by MarkL (Do I really look like a guy with a plan?)
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To: yesthatjallen

Translation: “Facebook met with some Deep State Republicans who told them that their efforts to restrain pro-Trump outlets hasn’t gone far enough. Otherwise, everything they’re doing is just great.”


14 posted on 06/15/2018 8:58:22 AM PDT by Antoninus ("In Washington, swamp drain you.")
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To: yesthatjallen

They are biased. They take after their phony ceo.


15 posted on 06/15/2018 9:33:33 AM PDT by I want the USA back (The media is acting full-on as the Democratic Party's press agency now: Robert Spencer)
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To: MarkL

That would give the game away. If FB were to admit adhering to a leftist philosophy they would have a more difficult time persuading, swaying the masses.


16 posted on 06/15/2018 10:06:31 AM PDT by Tallguy
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To: yesthatjallen

Meeting is not enough. There need to be immediate massive changes or massive government regulation including an antitrust suit.


17 posted on 06/15/2018 11:25:12 AM PDT by FLT-bird (..)
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To: yesthatjallen
anti conservative bias ? they call conservatives snowflakes

I tried to get this post off my wall that's what popped up let that POS zuckerfish try to deny it

18 posted on 06/20/2018 9:31:07 PM PDT by ATOMIC_PUNK ("Vi veri vniversum vivus vici" "By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe)
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