The GOP’s Pretend Hatred of Facebook

Hayes Brown: “The Facebook that conservatives love to rail against is a fiction, a literary device invented to channel their opprobrium into even as conservatives benefit from the platform’s dominance of internet life.”

“In reality, Facebook is the best thing that ever happened to the conservative movement. Its algorithm effortlessly magnifies and amplifies the exact pitch and tone of fear that the Republican Party has harnessed for decades.”

“The irony is that posts from conservatives accusing Facebook of censorship are more likely to go viral on Facebook than reporting about the platform’s actual overreaches.”