Facebook has faced a barrage of bipartisan criticism stemming from last week's high-profile Congressional testimony from former Facebook employee-turned-whistleblower Frances Haugen. She accused the social media giant of putting profits over the well-being of its users, and ignoring evidence of the harm its product does to young people. But lost in all the glowing media coverage of Haugen is that she is a liberal activist who is actually calling for more censorship by Facebook.
Now, it appears she may get her wish. After Haugen's testimony, a Facebook executive told Congress the company would "welcome" more government oversight in "content moderation." Luke Macias, Texas political consultant and commentator, tells KTRH Facebook is looking for cover from the federal government. "(Facebook) is under a considerable amount of pressure, and so they're doing what a lot of corporations are doing, and that is asking the government to force them to do something so they can censor conservatives," he says. "They're essentially asking the federal government to tell them that they have to censor conservatives."
That leads to the poll question today.