In an exclusive Fox News interview with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg on Friday, host Dana Perino appeared to avoid asking the tech mogul specific questions about conservatives who are being blacklisted by Facebook.
According to Breitbart, Zuckerberg said repeatedly in the interview that free expression was important, even while Facebook maintains a list of potential “hate agents” who are mostly Christians and conservatives and continues to blacklist several prominent conservatives from the platform.
It is “important to stand up for voice and free expression, here and around the world,” Zuckerberg said more than once, cautioning against the growing tendency “that a lot of people have, to pull back on free expression.”
Zuckerberg also criticized a “social trend today where I see more people across the spectrum trying to label different speech as dangerous because it may lead to political outcomes they don’t want.”
What about conservatives?
While Perino did ask Zuckerberg about allowing advertisements to appear on Facebook that liberals labeled as hateful and false, she didn’t ask about why at least two conservative politicians –Laura Loomer and UK candidate Tommy Robinson — were still being blacklisted by the platform as “dangerous,” and she failed to press him on reports of actions his company has reportedly taken to “deboost” or minimize the visibility of conservative stories and pages.
A Project Veritas report earlier this year detailed allegations from a former Facebook employee that the social media giant has programs in place to prevent or minimize the distribution of conservative material. The whistleblower reported that Facebook attached a coded function called “ActionDeboostLiveDistribution” to conservative pages, but not to left-leaning ones.
Many conservatives have come to believe that Facebook is censoring conservative content unfairly based on multiple reports like this one, so it begs the question of why Perino would steer clear of raising such concerns in her interview.
Zuckerberg’s declarations on the importance of free expression don’t mean a whole lot when the company he runs seems determined to use its power to put a thumb on the scale to help the left win the next election. Why is Fox News of all networks letting him get away with talking out of both sides of his mouth?
Saying one thing, doing another
Facebook has been accused of censoring conservatives since at least 2014, and the whole time Zuckerberg has trumpeted “free expression” while continuing to allow de-platforming, “hate lists,” and other forms of active bias against conservatives.
It’s really difficult to know the extent of Facebook’s impact on voters’ perceptions in the midst of whistleblower accusations on one hand and Zuckerberg’s assurances on the other. Some mainstream media outlets event attempted to blame Facebook for Trump’s win in 2016.
But that’s the thing about free expression. If it really is free, things might not go the way people expect.
There was enough free expression in 2016 for Trump to be elected, despite having received overwhelmingly negative press coverage. The question remains whether expression will still be free enough to let the people truly speak in 2020.
1,371 Responses
You ought to take part in a contest for one of the finest websites on the web. I am going to highly recommend this blog!
Hi Dear, are you actually visiting this web page on a regular basis, if so after that you will absolutely take good experience.|
I like the helpful info you provide in your articles. I will bookmark your blog and check again here regularly. I am quite sure I will learn plenty of new stuff right here! Good luck for the next!
Good way of explaining, and nice article to obtain facts concerning my presentation topic, which i am going to convey in academy.|
I bookmared your site a couple of days ago coz your blog impresses me..~`:~
stainless kitchen sinks serves me better and they are stain resistant too*
It’s really a nice and useful piece of info. I am glad that you shared this useful info with us. Please stay us up to date like this. Thank you for sharing.|
It laborious to seek out knowledgeable folks on this matter, but you sound like you already know what you are talking about! Thanks
I could not refrain from commenting. Very well written!
Hi there, I discovered your website by way of Google even as looking for a related subject, your site got here up, it appears great. I have bookmarked it in my google bookmarks.
I’m impressed, I have to admit. Rarely do I come across a blog that’s both equally educative and amusing, and without a doubt, you’ve hit the nail on the head. The issue is something not enough men and women are speaking intelligently about. I am very happy I came across this during my hunt for something relating to this.
Relying on your instanct is tough for most of us. Many of us develop this ability over the course of our life. It doesn’t really just happen if you know what I mean.
Write more, thats all I have to say. Literally, it seems as though you relied on the video to make your point. You definitely know what youre talking about, why waste your intelligence on just posting videos to your site when you could be giving us something informative to read?
I really like your website.. comfortable colors & theme. Do you actually style and design this web site on your own and also would you actually bring in help to do it in your case? Plz respond as I!|m planning to layout my very own site along with want to understand the place you bought that out of. thanks a lot
Very good article. I absolutely appreciate this website. Thanks!
Peculiar article, just what I was looking for.|
Hello, i think that i noticed you visited my blog thus i came to “go back the want”.I’m trying to to find issues to improve my site!I suppose its good enough to make use of a few of your ideas!!
racing is the first thing in my heart and i also love to join auto racing for the adrenalin rush-
I was pretty pleased to uncover this website. I wanted to thank you for ones time for this particularly wonderful read!! I definitely really liked every bit of it and i also have you saved to fav to see new things on your blog.
The the very next time I read a blog, Lets hope that it doesnt disappoint me about that one. What i’m saying is, Yes, it was my method to read, but I just thought youd have some thing interesting to mention. All I hear is a lot of whining about something that you could fix if you werent too busy trying to find attention.
Hello, i think that i saw you visited my web site thus i came to “go back the prefer”.I’m trying to in finding issues to improve my web site!I guess its ok to make use of a few of your ideas!!
I?ve learn several excellent stuff here. Definitely worth bookmarking for revisiting. I wonder how a lot effort you put to make this type of great informative web site.
My brother recommended I would possibly like this blog. He was totally right. This publish truly made my day. You can not believe just how a lot time I had spent for this info! Thanks!
I intended to compose you one little bit of observation to be able to thank you very much over again for the incredible techniques you have documented on this site. It has been quite shockingly open-handed of people like you to present extensively all that a lot of people could have made available as an ebook in making some profit on their own, and in particular considering that you could have tried it in the event you wanted. The techniques as well worked to become good way to recognize that someone else have similar dreams just like my personal own to know a good deal more with regards to this matter. I’m certain there are some more pleasurable moments up front for individuals that check out your website.
I’m really loving the theme/design of your web site. Do you ever run into any internet browser compatibility issues? A number of my blog audience have complained about my blog not working correctly in Explorer but looks great in Opera. Do you have any recommendations to help fix this issue?
I know this site provides quality based articles or reviews and additional material, is there any other site which provides these data in quality?|
Definitely, what a great website and educative posts, I will bookmark your blog.All the Best!
I loved as much as you’ll receive carried out right here. The sketch is tasteful, your authored subject matter stylish. nonetheless, you command get got an edginess over that you wish be delivering the following. unwell unquestionably come more formerly again since exactly the same nearly a lot often inside case you shield this increase.
I discovered your weblog web site on google and verify a few of your early posts. Proceed to keep up the excellent operate. I just further up your RSS feed to my MSN News Reader. In search of ahead to studying extra from you afterward!…
I seriously love your site.. Very nice colors & theme. Did you develop this website yourself? Please reply back as I’m planning to create my own personal website and would like to know where you got this from or exactly what the theme is named. Appreciate it!|
I must thank you for the efforts you have put in writing this blog. I’m hoping to check out the same high-grade content by you in the future as well. In fact, your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my very own website now ;)|
general blogging is great because you can cover a lot of topics in just a single blog**
Everything is very open with a clear clarification of the challenges. It was truly informative. Your site is useful. Thank you for sharing!
Hi there! I just wish to give you a big thumbs up for your excellent info you have got right here on this post. I’ll be coming back to your blog for more soon.
Pretty! This has been a really wonderful post. Thank you for supplying this information.
I’d like to thank you for the efforts you’ve put in penning this blog. I am hoping to view the same high-grade content from you in the future as well. In truth, your creative writing abilities has encouraged me to get my own site now 😉
Can I just say what a aid to search out someone who truly is aware of what theyre speaking about on the internet. You positively know the right way to bring a difficulty to gentle and make it important. Extra individuals have to read this and perceive this facet of the story. I cant consider youre not more in style because you definitely have the gift.
I seriously love your blog.. Very nice colors & theme. Did you build this amazing site yourself? Please reply back as I’m wanting to create my own personal website and would like to learn where you got this from or just what the theme is named. Many thanks!
Very good post. I will be dealing with many of these issues as well..