Yesterday, CEO Mark Zuckerberg admitted that there “clearly was bias” in the case of two supposedly independent Facebook fact-checkers that were labeling anti-abortion organization Live Action’s posts “false.” The two were found to be pro-abortion activists, and after outcry from several senators, Live Action’s posts were reviewed and reinstated.

At a meeting with Senator Josh Hawley (R-MO) in Washington, D.C. Thursday, Zuckerberg said bias is “an issue we’ve struggled with for a long time.” Zuckerberg and Hawley discussed the bias problem, along with privacy and competition concerns, Reclaim The Net reports.

Lila Rose, Live Action’s founder and president, responded to the exchange by saying that the group has yet to receive an apology from Facebook.

After the meeting, Hawley suggested that he had doubts about the CEO’s sincerity and told reporters outside his Senate office: “This is the same sort of song and dance we hear from Facebook every time it gets caught, whether it’s taking people’s data without telling them, it’s always, ‘Oh, we made a mistake; we’ll try to do better in the future.’“

Rose also echoed Hawley’s concerns and tweeted:

The Washington Post’s coverage of the meeting did not mention the long list of evidence against the tech giant showing anti-conservative bias. Writer Cat Zakrzewski mentioned Facebook’s “alleged anti-conservative bias,” writing that “Trump also hosted a ‘Social Media Summit’ at the White House earlier this year, where he did not invite the [major tech] companies but instead a cast of conservative provocateurs who have accused the companies of anti-conservative bias. The companies have repeatedly denied such a slant.”

Zakrzewski didn’t include allegations by conservatives laid out by former Sen. Jon Kyl, encompassing a variety of concerns about Facebook’s content and ad policies, viewpoint diversity problems within its workforce, and algorithm and distribution policies, Accuracy In Media reports. The Post also didn’t mention that conservatives, like vloggers Diamond and Silk, who are supporters of President Donald Trump with a huge social media following, have been labeled “unsafe for the community” by Facebook.

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