Facebook reportedly shielded conservative groups — including associates of President Donald Trump – from any action for violating its policies as the social networking giant worried about the perception of anti-conservative bias, The Washington Post reported.
Facebook fact-checkers avoided punishing conservative groups for breaking the rules over the past few months and the goal was to avoid the perception of being biased against conservative groups.
The report that appeared on Sunday examined posts and ad spending along with internal Facebook documents.
It found accounts that included Donald Trump Jr and a pro-Trump super PAC were shielded from Facebook’s most serious enforcement actions.
Facebook did not immediately comment on the report.
Twitter, Facebook and Google CEOs were grilled last week by a US Senate panel amid allegations that Big Tech companies show anti-conservative bias.
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