The organizers of the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) have slammed Facebook’s investigation into allegations of political bias related to its Trending Topics section – saying there are still unanswered questions about the handling of stories from CPAC 2016.
The social network was thrust into the spotlight following a Gizmodo report that stories about the CPAC meeting and other conservative topics were prevented from appearing in the trending module.
CPAC, which is organized by the American Conservative Union (ACU), took place March 2 to March 5 in Washington D.C.
Facebook released the results of its probe earlier this week in a letter to Sen. John Thune, chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, who is investigating the allegations.