Let's take a closer look at the unproven claims lawmakers made.
View on the web   5 fact-checks from the Senate's hearing on social media Senators spent three hours on Wednesday grilling the CEOs of Facebook, Google, and Twitter about what people can and can't say on their platforms. Some would argue that this is time they could have spent working on a new coronavirus relief bill. Others might say that there are more pressing issues, given the fact that one of the most consequential elections in modern United States history is just days away. But no, Sen. Ted Cruz and many of his colleagues wanted to yell about censorship of conservative voices on social media.
It turns out, conservative voices thrive on social media. Data shows that posts shared by right-leaning websites and commentators like Ben Shapiro regularly appear among the most shared content on Facebook and other platforms. Meanwhile, there is no evidence that left-leaning employees at social media companies are waging a coordinated war against conservatives, as some Republicans have argued.
Recode's Shirin Ghaffary takes a closer look at what senators said about anti-conservative bias in social media and other topics in this round of fact-checks. | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | What the $45 billion railway underneath Paris looks like | | | | |  | | Vox Media, 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036.
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