In recent months, it's become abundantly clear that social media executives have no desire to truly open up their platforms to all political viewpoints.
Despite being rebuked on Capitol Hill earlier this year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg continues to oversee a platform that promotes liberal ideology while stifling conservatives.
You may have heard that InfoWars host Alex Jones recently had his Facebook account suspended for 30 days, with Zuckerberg's company citing a violation of its 'hate speech' policy.
While I don't always agree with everything Mr. Jones has to say, it strikes me as remarkable that his account was immediately silenced for one of his posts when it took them what was seemingly an eternity to force the removal of an offensive video from the official page of Louis Farrakhan.
In a November 2016 video, the Nation of Islam leader railed against interracial marriage, saying that the practice was an example of black Americans being "mongrelized."
Farrakhan's video was the subject of a piece in The Daily Caller, with a large amount of backlash against Farrakhan's words having followed that article's publication.
When asked why this video was not pulled sooner, a Facebook spokesperson said they initially let it stay on the site because they were not sure how the word "mongrelized" was being used.
But keep in mind, Farrakhan's language in that video does fall under Facebook's given definition of its 'hate speech' policy.
Also consider, that many conservatives have been booted from social media platforms, including Facebook, for far less.
It seems the only reason Facebook is going soft on Farrakhan is because of a double standard that rewards people like that anti-Semite Farrakhan for voting the same way that many of the high-ranking folks at Facebook vote: Democrat.
If Facebook is going to claim on Capitol Hill that it will be fair and institute policies that are supposed to dictate their actions and ensure fairness, maybe they should actually follow their own advice and actually be fair.