The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee has sent a letter to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg requesting information regarding claims that the social media platform purposely keeps conservative and right-wing news out of its trending topics section.
The letter asks that Facebook “arrange for your staff, including employees responsible for trending topics, to brief committee staff on this issue,” according to Gizmodo.
Sen. John Thune, a Republican from South Dakota who is chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, signed the letter. The letter also asks Facebook to describe “organization structure for the Trending Topics feature, and the steps for determining included topics,” and asks, “Who is ultimately responsible for approving its content?”
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