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Re:Facebook hid webpages bragging of ability to influence el... by legostormtroopr on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:11AM (#16676775)
> "Win the moments that win elections."

They aren't subtle about it. I also wouldn't mind as much if the tech industry were politically neutral - but its been shown time and time again that Silicon Valley, where a lot of this power is held, has a very obvious political bias.

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Re:Facebook hid webpages bragging of ability to influence el... by losteric on Monday March 26, 2018 @01:25AM (#16676813)
Individual or company bias? Does Google discriminated between their customers? I can't recall any political groups complaining Google wouldn't take their money.
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Re:Facebook hid webpages bragging of ability to influence el... by smsm42 on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @12:49AM (#16685336)
There are many complaints Facebook suppressed speech by political groups [1]. Twitter is known for suspending accounts for political speech they deem unacceptable. Google was recently observed ham-fistedly removing search results about guns from Shopping, which was discussed at length on HN and the hilariously incompetent way it was done was source of much entertainment. Google is also pushing out gun-related content from Youtube.

[1] https://www.dailywire.com/news/28313/study-heres-proof-faceb...

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