A GOP Senator has sent a letter to Facebook demanding an explanation of the allegations against them, just as one conservative commentator has filed a legal motion against the social media giant to obtain information about how they were censoring his website and others on Facebook.

Tim Brown — May 11, 2016

The censorship by Facebook against conservative, Christian and Constitutional new outlets was long suspected, and recently former Facebook employees have come forward to make it known that is exactly what the company was doing. Now a GOP Senator has sent a letter to Facebook demanding an explanation of the allegations against them, just as one conservative commentator has filed a legal motion against the social media giant to obtain information about how they were censoring his website and others on Facebook.

First, Senator John Thune (R-SD), who serves as Chairman for the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation has written a letter to Facebook and asked several questions.

Chairman Thune’s Letter to Mark Zuckerberg

Here are the questions the senator asked.

Please describe Facebook's organization structure for the Trending Topics feature, and the steps for determining included topics. Who is ultimately responsible for approving its content?

Have Facebook news curators in fact manipulated the content of the Trending Topics section, either by targeting news stories related to conservative views for exclusion or by injecting non-trending content?

What steps is Facebook taking to investigate claims of politically motivated manipulation of news stories in the Trending Topics section? If such claims are substantiated, what steps will Facebook take to hold the responsible individuals accountable?

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