The Washington airwaves have been filled with talk about alleged anti-conservative bias on social media. Last Thursday, President Trump held a social media summit of right-wing internet name brands at the White House in which he blasted Twitter and company for “terrible bias.” On Tuesday, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, will be holding a hearing pitting Google against conservative vlogger PragerU, who claims the search engine has downgraded the vlog’s search rankings.
Ideological diversity online is certainly valuable, and major tech companies have a role to play in fostering that diversity. Yet if Trump, Cruz, and others want a politically neutral, unbiased platform, there’s a simple solution: They should make one. Call it “freespeech.gov” and guarantee that all ideologies will be treated equally.
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