Has the internet become too unruly? These lawmakers think so

Jul 27, 2021 View Original Article
  • Bias Rating

    28% Medium Conservative

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  • Policy Leaning

    30% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    74% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

Sentiments

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"There is this tension between the state legislators, their desire to promote a free market and recognize the role of iovation ... and also this tension where they perceive that the tech companies really aren't giving conservatives or Republicans a full voice, Hauenschild said."
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16% Conservative
"You've got institutions that are very powerful, and yet ALEC is (for) limited government and free markets, Adams said."
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10% Conservative
"And it's a conversation that will likely force conservatives to confront what to do when their free market, limited government and free speech principles clash."
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-6% Liberal
"So how do you want to regulate someone if you don't believe in regulation?"
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-14% Liberal
"Utah Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, was elected president of the American Legislative Exchange Council this year."
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16% Conservative
"Just last week, President Joe Biden said platforms like Facebook are killing people due to COVID-19 vaccination misinformation, because the only pandemic we have is among the unvaccinated."
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-10% Liberal
"Federal-level conservatives including Utah Republican Sen. Mike Lee have been vocal critics of Big Tech companies and what they see as a widespread effort to unfairly suppress conservative voices and ideas and wield market power to limit competition."
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-18% Liberal
"Biden later tempered his comment, saying he hoped social media giants wouldn't take it personally while expressing hopes Facebook will do more to fight the outrageous misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines being spread on its platform, The Associated Press reported."
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-22% Liberal
"But from the left, some politicians including Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren believe social media companies like Google, Facebook and Twitter haven't been doing enough to stem misinformation, hate speech and extremism."
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-26% Liberal
"But Gov. Spencer Cox in March vetoed their effort to stop perceived censorship practices by social media companies."
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-34% Liberal

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Bias Meter

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : "There is this tension between the state legislators, their desire to promote a free market and recognize the role of innovation ... and also this tension where they perceive that the tech companies really aren't giving conservatives or Republicans a full voice," Hauenschild said.
55% : "You've got institutions that are very powerful, and yet ALEC is (for) limited government and free markets," Adams said.
47% : And it's a conversation that will likely force conservatives to confront what to do when their free market, limited government and free speech principles clash.
43% : "So how do you want to regulate someone if you don't believe in regulation?

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