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lordsummerisle

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Sun Nov 3, 2019, 09:47 AM Nov 2019

How key Republicans inside Facebook are shifting its politics to the right

source: David Smith, The Guardian.com

Facebook has been accused of pro-Republican bias, in both policy and personnel, amid fears at the company that it could be broken up if a Democrat wins the White House next year.

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg faced fierce criticism this week, first for including Breitbart – once described by former chairman Steve Bannon as a “platform for the ‘alt-right’” – in its list of trusted sources for Facebook News, then for refusing to ban or factcheck political advertising.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/nov/03/facebook-politics-republicans-right

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How key Republicans inside Facebook are shifting its politics to the right (Original Post) lordsummerisle Nov 2019 OP
Fakebook, like fox, are BOTH rethuglicon propaganda networks. democratisphere Nov 2019 #1
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