EXCLUSIVE: A top Republican senator will accuse Meta – the parent company of Facebook – of “shadow banning” and removing social media posts in a letter Tuesday demanding answers from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the top Republican on the Small Business committee, will, in part, cite a 2022 Washington Post report on social media companies’ “deamplification” of certain Facebook and Instagram content.
The report discussed Meta’s response to “problematic content,” which the executive at the time called “borderline” and argued must have reduced reach due to its proclivity to go viral.
In the letter addressed to Zuckerberg’s San Mateo County, California, office, Ernst alleged such content included that of the military as well as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Virginia.
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