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Jon Kyl's anti-conservative Facebook audit is entirely based on interviews with conservatives, and the interim report doesn't even include specific qualitative data. 133 people inspired significant policy changes for Facebook and we know nothing about them or their interviews. pic.twitter.com/6AD5RpFjAj
— Natalie Martinez (@natijomartinez) August 20, 2019
The long-awaited @Facebook report from @SenJonKyl is finally here.
— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) August 20, 2019
"To live up to its vision as a platform for all ideas, I believe Facebook understands it must do all it can to regain the trust of conservative users," he writes in this @WSJ op-ed. https://t.co/CeifI6TLHQ
This is pretty insane. At a company that keeps metrics on everything, it was instead decided that the best way to audit "anti-conservative" bias on Facebook was to interview a bunch of conservatives and hear their anecdotes https://t.co/bLZln7vmWp
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) August 20, 2019
The @Facebook-Kyl cover-up is astonishing. 133 groups presented Kyl with evidence of FB’s agenda against conservatives and he dishonestly did FB’s bidding instead.https://t.co/T4tmJHwL21
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) August 20, 2019
Granted, I have an odd sense of humor. All morning for example I have been chuckling about this. Facebook apparently thought that conservatives wanted a study of the platform's bias against them. So they actually did the study! Like a good will gesture! https://t.co/AUClgpamld
— Jay Rosen (@jayrosen_nyu) August 20, 2019
Lots of the policy changes and "concerns" from Facebook's conservative bias audit seem to be appeasing anti-abortion groups. @mdywebb and I looked at abortion news on FB in April and found that it was overwhelmingly dominated by right-wing sources: https://t.co/LCaJzbEakT https://t.co/fCkxqtVl8g pic.twitter.com/EsthkX24UM
— Natalie Martinez (@natijomartinez) August 20, 2019
The @Facebook-Kyl fix was in from the start. But what else do you expect from former members of Congress? How much did Kyl earn from his masters for this “total independence?”https://t.co/T4tmJHwL21
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) August 20, 2019
The @Facebook-Kyl cover-up is astonishing. 133 groups presented Kyl with evidence of FB’s agenda against conservatives and he dishonestly did FB’s bidding instead.https://t.co/T4tmJHwL21
— Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) August 20, 2019
facebook's interim report on anti-conservative bias is... incoherently vague https://t.co/y22LIHlH7D
— Taylor Hatmaker (@tayhatmaker) August 20, 2019
On the same day that Facebook will post job openings for News Tab journalists, it published a blog about Republican Senator Jon Kyl's "Review of Potential Anti-Conservative Bias" at Facebook. Kyl also authored an op-ed in the WSJ.https://t.co/QNrwAM9IP4https://t.co/qUNfnyXjrz pic.twitter.com/n48sZxTxns
— Hamza Shaban (@hshaban) August 20, 2019
Nick Clegg, @facebook VP of global affairs and communications, writes: "...this is about whether we apply our own policies fairly to all sides, and whether those policies begin with an understanding of how core groups of users express their beliefs." https://t.co/MdzSAqI1U2
— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) August 20, 2019
This was an interesting portion in Nick Clegg’s blog post that came along with the report https://t.co/KPuckXiTpc pic.twitter.com/ERCPcmqZgz
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) August 20, 2019
(also I know this kind of loaded and self-serving dreck isn't exactly new messaging for the right but good lord)https://t.co/H1WaJ16xjT? pic.twitter.com/gujyQM9icr
— Lindsey Barrett (@LAM_Barrett) August 20, 2019
The long-awaited @Facebook report from @SenJonKyl is finally here.
— Rob Bluey (@RobertBluey) August 20, 2019
"To live up to its vision as a platform for all ideas, I believe Facebook understands it must do all it can to regain the trust of conservative users," he writes in this @WSJ op-ed. https://t.co/CeifI6TLHQ
"Conservative bias" audit of Facebook completed, which presumably will convince no one on either side of this dumb issue https://t.co/sN9XM37iWq
— Mathew Ingram (@mathewi) August 20, 2019
You hate to see it, via this Wall Street Journal op-ed from Jon Kyl on his firm's Facebook internal investigation. https://t.co/mxgnFbRf4O pic.twitter.com/4DPV5p9aAK
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) August 20, 2019
Accompanied with a WSJ op-ed https://t.co/CVZbU81f7M
— Hadas Gold (@Hadas_Gold) August 20, 2019
An audit of #Facebook found that there is "still SIGNIFICANT WORK to be done to satisfy.. concerns" of Conservative bias––meaning censorship of Conservative view-points is still a concern.
— John Pence (@jepence) August 20, 2019
How about working WITH us to #StopTheBias?@parscale @GaryCoby https://t.co/lfhdrmkFbi
The reviews are in for Facebook's bias audit, and seemingly no one in Washington is happy. @StevenOverly has the details: https://t.co/o6U75ORPB8
— Cristiano Lima (@viaCristiano) August 20, 2019
“When @Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreed to the ‘bias’ study, he conceded to Joel Kaplan’s political views and the right-wing’s playbook of victimhood, undermining the company’s stated commitment to protect civil rights on the platform." -@rashadrobinson https://t.co/jo1uPA4AWp
— ColorOfChange.org (@ColorOfChange) August 20, 2019
Kind of misleading to call this a "conservative bias audit" and not actually audit any instances of bias. https://t.co/vPZA7fgIXX
— Geoffrey Ingersoll (@GPIngersoll) August 20, 2019
This “audit” was conducted by a conservative former Republican Senator who now works as a federal lobbyist. So keep that in mind. https://t.co/ASzMj3KKtD
— David Cicilline (@davidcicilline) August 20, 2019
This audit was conducted by Brett Kavanaugh's sherpa who was selected by Brett Kavanaugh's best friend who works for a company that has a close Trump advisor on its board.
— Dan Pfeiffer (@danpfeiffer) August 20, 2019
What are we doing here?https://t.co/UC9kMVRFIS
“jon kyl interviews a bunch of conservatives about their facebook feelings” isn’t so much an “audit” as a “festivus airing of grievances for bow-tie wearers” but sure, why nothttps://t.co/4DJ0XRR2iT
— Lindsey Barrett (@LAM_Barrett) August 20, 2019
Also Facebook’s released its conservative bias audit today https://t.co/vuZ5oIPDhj
— alex hern (@alexhern) August 20, 2019
Oh, FFS.
— Greg Greene (@ggreeneva) August 20, 2019
Insta posts that feature an unclothed breast cancer survivor with w/o exposed nipples can get hidden — but ads about the nonexistent phenomenon of “abortion survivors” get the all clear. WTF. https://t.co/QfyjAZZ904 pic.twitter.com/X9mWRzdJqj
? Exclusive: The results from Facebook's conservative bias audit are in https://t.co/1dVXNrLdva
— Sara Fischer (@sarafischer) August 20, 2019
This, on the other hand, is an extremely stupid way to respond to to the accusation. https://t.co/YgtYbz3ChG
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) August 20, 2019
The Jon Kyl WSJ op-ed on alleged anti-conservative bias by FB is long on "conservatives have complained that..." but short on any *evidence* that those complaints of systemic bias are accurate. https://t.co/02ETOlcspr pic.twitter.com/rEvGVB6NXV
— Richard Morrison (@RichardMorrison) August 20, 2019
In news that will shock no one, Facebook passed the Facebook-funded "audit" of whether they are biased against conservatives. https://t.co/g57ipGsuTp
— Eric Wilson (@ericwilson) August 20, 2019
#RT @ColorOfChange: “When @Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg agreed to the ‘bias’ study, he conceded to Joel Kaplan’s political views and the right-wing’s playbook of victimhood, undermining the company’s stated commitment to protect civil rights on the platf… https://t.co/fFb8y6otDF
— Sharon Kyle (@SharonKyle00) August 21, 2019
Exclusive: The results from Facebook's conservative bias audit https://t.co/Psk6vtUHOb pic.twitter.com/RO9EtiAzQv
— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) August 20, 2019
Exclusive: The results from Facebook's conservative bias audit https://t.co/y9irZciMBz >> Interesting (not for the #Politics) but for the work that needs to happen in modern platforms to eliminat #Bias ... Huge for many use cases - usually looking at the #FutureofWork pic.twitter.com/2odZYdpz2R
— Holger Mueller (@holgermu) August 20, 2019
And as if on cue: "Accusations of political bias against Facebook and Big Tech have become a political weapon wielded by conservatives. It's doubtful an audit will stop that effort" writes @sarafischer https://t.co/4kH1Kay1cY
— Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (@rasmus_kleis) August 20, 2019