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Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube had millions of users, but they hadn't yet exploded - they were still transitioning away from being the exclusive online hangout of hipsters, celebrities, and college students. Obama's campaign was the first to realize, harness, and unleash their users' potential as an organized political machine.
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg heard from more than a dozen U.S. conservative leaders on Wednesday and said he will work to build trust with users who believe the social network displays politically biased news content. After a closed-door meeting at the company's Silicon Valley headquarters, Zuckerberg defended his company's practices but acknowledged that many conservatives believe Facebook is politically liberal.
Mark Zuckerberg and his massive social-media site Facebook have come under strong criticism for allegedly suppressing stories of interest for conservative readers from its influential "trending" news section. Facebook has roughly 1.6 billion users worldwide, 167 million of whom are in the United States.
Top conservative commentators have gathered at Facebook's headquarters for a confab with CEO Mark Zuckerberg meant to reassure them that its "trending topics" feature wasn't biased against their viewpoints. Commentators invited include radio host Glenn Beck, American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks, Tea Party Patriots CEO Jenny Beth Martin and Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, which says its "sole mission is to expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the Left: the national news media."
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is meeting with conservatives, including radio host Glenn Beck, to discuss claims that its "trending topics" feature is biased against their viewpoints. The Wednesday meeting also includes American Enterprise Institute president Arthur Brooks, Tea Party Patriots CEO Jenny Beth Martin and also Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, which says its "sole mission is to expose and neutralize the propaganda arm of the Left: the national news media."
Well, we may care a little bit about Blake Lively, but not as part of some "cultural appropriation" social media war, as we saw when she Instagramed some Oakland back. What, a white girl can't reference Sir Mix A Lot???? With a 4-4 split after Justice Antonin Scalia's death, the court can't seem to make a ruling.
Some of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's neighbors are grumbling about a rock wall he's having built on his property on the north shore of the Hawaiian island of Kauai.