Facebook under fire in the US: censor news of the conservatives? – The Century of Italy

 
 
 

Facebook again in the crosshairs of controversy: this time to point the finger at the social network it is a technology website that accuses: “Fb censors the news pertaining to the policy of US conservatives.” Ready and argued denial: “risogorose Guidelines and scrupulously applied assiciruano due neutrality” …

Facebook under fire: the news censorship of conservative

For the site teconolgico Gizmodo , then, there would be no doubt: the Facebook employees would regularly censored information and news related to the conservative policy, excluding them from the section housing the trendy news about the company. Not only in denouncing the lack, Gizmodo gets to cite even a journalist who would be part of the team News Facebook, and admitted the use of “virtual scissors”. Other “editors of news” – so these workers are defined in the Mark Zuckerberg – would then counter revealed to Gizmodo you entered among the trending stories even some news that were not popular enough to be entitled to the shop directly.

Facebook replied: strict lines ensure neutrality

the charge was clearly rejected and sent back to you a few hours ago by Vice President Facebook Tom Stocky , responsible for Trending Topics ,

which suffered from a post on the social network said it has not found evidence to support the allegations made by an anonymous source to Gizmodo , and the site then raised and “slammed” on the virtual public square. “Facebook – replied Stocky online – is a platform for people and perspectives from across the political spectrum.” A sounding board and for managers and users would not work AC and that, indeed, is strong of a precise ethical self-regulation that constrains the methods and procedures. “There are strict guidelines for the review team – has reiterated once again Stocky – to ensure coherence and neutrality, which does not allow the suppression of political views, nor favor one point of view to another, or a source news to another. ” And virtual agora debate inflames the Internet …