WASHINGTON—A review by a former Republican U.S. senator concludes that political conservatives believe Facebook Inc. needs to do “significant work” to satisfy concerns about bias by the social media website, describing policies and examples that people found problematic without laying out evidence of systemic partisanship.
The report by former Sen. Jon Kyl, commissioned by Facebook and released on Aug. 20, found in interviews with about 133 political conservatives that many oppose Facebook policies they believe undermine free speech by conservatives, such as bans on “hate speech.”
