Even the EU Parliament is skeptical of Zuckerberg’s Monster:
Zuckerberg responded after the questioning, addressing the issue of political bias.
“We are committed to being a platform for all ideas,” he declared. “It’s very important to me that we’re a service that allows a wide variety of political discourse.”
“We have never and will not make decisions about what content is allowed or how we do ranking on the basis of a political orientation,” Zuckerberg said.
“We’ve made a number of changes this year to make sure we’re showing people’s friends and family and community content,” he said, citing the “well-being” research the company has done to make sure that the technology is helping people. All the research, he said, shows that connecting with people you care about is “good for your well-being.” He explained that news “isn’t correlated with those same benefits.”
He reiterated that Facebook is “not targeting any specific political ideology.”
I’m dubious that such shameless lying is going to help his cause much.