Facebook is under fire once again for censoring content on the website, and it looks as though the censoring is once again favoring liberals. According to Mediaite, Facebook is chalking up accusations that the site was forbidding the posting of links to the WikiLeaks data on leaked emails to a company “accident.” Many users saw their posts containing the link being removed from Facebook.
Over the weekend, WikiLeaks published hacked emails showing how the Democratic Party conspired against Bernie Sanders’ political run in order to get Hillary Clinton elected. This revelation instantly incensed Sanders’ supporters and hundreds flocked to Facebook to share the WikiLeaks links with their friends so that they too could read about the corruption within the Party.
However, over the course of the weekend, WikiLeaks noticed a Twitter trend involving countless tweets from followers, complaining that their Facebook posts with the links had been deleted from the site.
Facebook CSO Alex Stamos acknowledged the tweets on Twitter amidst the fire storm, tweeting that the problem had been “fixed.” WikiLeaks tweeted that the block had been resolved and that it was “an accident” from the site.
Despite the fact that Facebook quickly remedied the problem, these new accusations of censorship occur on the heels of other claims against Facebook. The social networking giant was accused earlier this summer of censoring conservative news, after which Mark Zuckerberg assured conservatives that Facebook would rectify the problem.
“I know many conservatives don’t trust that our platform surfaces content without a political bias,” Zuckerberg posted on Facebook following a meeting with conservative leaders to discuss those allegations. “I wanted to hear their concerns personally and have an open conversation about how we can build trust. I want to do everything I can to make sure our teams uphold the integrity of our products.”
Though Facebook maintains that the website desires to build trust with conservatives, there is no doubt that further accusations of censorship do nothing to help bridge the gap.
