Summary
When reports surfaced that Facebook might be suppressing conservative news in its trending topics bar, Republicans reacted as you would expect. They were pretty upset. And Facebook reacted as you would expect as well: The company denied the accusations, and its CEO is meeting with Republican leaders today to smooth things over.
But Mark Zuckerberg isn’t just the CEO of a company accused of suppressing political views. He’s also a CEO well-known for his own political activity, and is particularly known for working to build rapport with Republicans and Democrats alike. A pet issue of his is immigration reform, and it’s an area where he has made special efforts to win conservative hearts on the side of creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants.
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Not everyone agrees with Gerston. Vivek Wadhwa, a Stanford academic known for his punditry on issues such as diversity and immigration in tech, thinks the censorship allegations not only pose a challenge for Zuckerberg in politics generally but send a message that the tech world generally should be wary of involvement in politics.
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