Sources detail how Facebook and Twitter have increasingly turned to right-leaning groups to help referee political speech, often behind the scenes
Advisers on touchy issues include Tony Perkins' Family Research Council, Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform and, on the left, the Southern Poverty Law Center Tweets: @wsjemre , @tripgabriel , and @grainnemcc See also Mediagazer Tweets: Emre Peker / @wsjemre : Paging Outside Counsel: Tech giants turn to right- and left-wing groups to help police offensive content. @KirstenGrind & @johndmckinnon on efforts to manage problems stemming from mostly undefinable principles: https://www.wsj.com/... pic.twitter.com/2Y0XJ3K1uR Trip Gabriel / @tripgabriel : WSJ: Facebook privately sought input from Family Research Council about appropriate content. FRC on being gay: “FRC believes that homosexual conduct is harmful to the persons who engage in it and to society at large, and can never be affirmed.” https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ Gráinne McCarthy / @grainnemcc : For users frustrated by the lack of clarity around how social media giants make decisions, the added voices have made matters even murkier. https://www.wsj.com/... via @WSJ See also Mediagazer