Though the gathering congressional criticism of the social media is marked by significant bipartisan agreement on issues like privacy, there's another issue that divides legislators along party lines: the degree to which companies like Google, Facebook, and Twitter discriminate against conservatives.
Most congressional Democrats and progressives claim to see no substance in the allegation, while Republicans and conservatives have grown ever more critical of practices like the deplatforming, demonetization, and shadow banning of right of center websites, think tanks, and individuals.
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