Ex-Sen. Kyl Outlines GOP Concerns About Facebook Moderation; Hawley Critical
Facebook must take seriously the risks it runs of restricting free speech on its platform, ex-Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., reported Tuesday (see 1904100072). At the direction of Facebook, he and the law firm Covington & Burling produced the report after…
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meeting with some 130 conservative politicians and organizations. Conservatives have concerns in six areas: content distribution and algorithms, content policies, content enforcement, ad policies, ad enforcement and workforce viewpoint diversity. There are concerns Facebook is a liberal organization largely filled with liberal employees, and the board lacks conservative directors, the report said. Asking for conservative input isn’t an audit, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said. He urged Facebook to do a third-party audit providing access to algorithms, document and content moderation protocols and publicly release findings.