The Senate GOP, busy not doing shit, have decided to spring into action!
The US Senate Commerce Committee—which has jurisdiction over media issues, consumer protection issues, and internet communication—has sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg requesting answers to questions it has on its trending topics section. The letter comes after Gizmodo on Monday reported on allegations by one former news curator, who worked for Facebook as a contractor, that the curation team routinely suppressed or blacklisted topics of interest to conservatives.
Coming from the folks that eliminated the Equal Time Doctrine, this is hilarious. If I was Facebook, I’d tell these Senate asshats to shove their demand letter up their you-know-where. And, if they have a problem with that, to take it up with the courts and, you know, that thing called the First Amendment of the United States of the Constitution. Then they could use their newly freed time to maybe do their job on Merrick Garland’s nomination.