CHARLES: FACEBOOK'S AUDIT
FINDING THAT THE COMPANY NEEDS
TO DO, QUOTE, SIGNIFICANT WORK
TO SATISFY CONCERNS OF
CONSERVATIVES THIS WAS LED BY
FORMER REPUBLICAN SENATOR
JON KYL.
IT SURVEYED MORE THAN 100
CONSERVATIVE ORGANIZATIONS AND
FIGURES.
THE FACEBOOK IS REFUSING TO
ACKNOWLEDGE BIAS SPARKING ANGER
ON THE LEFT.
THE SOME ON THE LEFT ARE
OUTRAGED THAT THE AUDIT WAS DONE
AT ALL.
FOX NEWS'S DENEEN BORELLI IS
WITH ME.
WERE YOU PART OF THIS AUDIT?
>> NO, NO ONE CAME TO ME ABOUT
ANYTHING.
I APPRECIATE IT THE FACT THAT I
LOST MY JOB BECAUSE OF FACEBOOK
CENSORSHIP WITH MY VIDEOS AND
MESSAGE.
NO, NO ONE CAME TO ME ABOUT
ANYTHING.
CHARLES: DID YOU EVER COMPLAIN
TO FACEBOOK?
>> IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GET
THROUGH TO FACEBOOK.
HERE IS THE OTHER THING.
I HAD "THE DAILY CALLER," THEY
DID AN INVESTIGATION.
THEY WROTE A REPORT, A STORY
ABOUT THEIR FINDINGS OF MY CASE,
MY SITUATION.
SO FOLKS CAN CHECK OUT THAT
PIECE TO SEE FOR THEMSELVES
EXACTLY FACEBOOK DID.
CHARLES: TELL AS YOU GLIMPSE, IN
A NUTSHELL.
WHAT DID THEY DO?
>> YEAH.
CHARLES: YOU WERE INITIALLY
DOING YOUTUBE VIDEOS, THEY WERE
GETTING A MILLION VIEWS.
GRAND SLAMMED, YOU WERE RIDING
HIGH.
ALL OF SUDDEN SOMETHING WENT
WRONG.
>> SAME OLD DENEEN, SAME OLD
MESSAGE PUTTING FACTS OUT THERE.
FACEBOOK CHANGED THEIR
ALGORITHMS.
I GOT SWEPT UP IN ALL OF THIS.
I'M A CASUALTY OF THEIR
CENSORSHIP.
CHARLES: WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE
LIKE SENATOR KYL, OBVIOUSLY A
GREAT REPUTATION, COMING IN TO
DO THESE KIND OF SURVEYS, DOES
IT GIVE YOU MORE CONFIDENCE,
LESS CONFIDENCE, HE MIGHT
PROVIDE COVER FOR FACEBOOK TO
CONTINUE THIS SORT OF BIAS OR AT
LEAST NEVER ADMIT ISN'T.
>> WHOSE SIDE IS HE ON?
THEY SAID WITH THE REPORT THEY
SAID THEY DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING,
IT IS JUST A LOT OF WORDS.
WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER BOOK
REPORT.
WE NEED REACTION FROM FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK IS HURTING CONSUMERS,
ESPECIALLY IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
SAME MIND SET.
CHARLES: THEY SAID, HEY, OKAY,
WE SAW SOME THINGS HERE AND
THERE AND THERE.
WE THINK WE NEED TO WORK ON THIS
AND THIS AND THAT.
SO YOU THINK THEY'RE JUST GOING
THROUGH THE MOTIONS?
>> I DO.
CHARLES: THIS IS PUBLIC
RELATIONS STUNT?
>> I THINK THEY'RE GOING THROUGH
THE MOTIONS TO CHECK A BOX,
CHARLES.
WHERE IS THE ACTION BEHIND WHAT
THEY'RE DOING?
NOT ONLY THAT FACEBOOK HAS BEEN
FINED FOR PRIVACY ISSUES.
I THINK THEY ARE THE HIGHEST
FINED, $5 BILLION OF A TECH
COMPANY BECAUSE OF PRIVACY
ISSUES.
SO, FACEBOOK NEEDS TO OWN UP TO
THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT A
PLATFORM.
THEY'RE ACTING AS A NEWS
ORGANIZATION.
THEY SHOULD BE TREATED AS ONE.
CHARLES: NOW WE HEAR, YOU KNOW,
THAT THESE ORGANIZATIONS ARE
DOING MORE AND MORE TO RECRUIT
WHAT THEY CALL SEASONED
JOURNALISTS, THINGS LIKE THAT.
ARE YOU CONCERNED THAT THIS
SITUATION IS ACTUALLY PROBABLY
GOING TO GET WORSE WITH THESE
LARGE MEGAPHONE, YOU KNOW,
HANDFUL OF SOCIAL MEDIA
COMPANIES HAVE SO MUCH INFLUENCE
OVER OUR LIVES?
>> THAT IS A KEY WORD,
INFLUENCE.
I WOULD ADD ANOTHER WORD TO
THAT, IS TRUST.
WHO WILL TRUST FACEBOOK AT THIS
POINT IF YOU'RE A CONSERVATIVE
WITH A MESSAGE THAT YOU'RE
TRYING TO COMMUNICATE TO OTHERS.
YOU LOSE FOLLOWERS, THAT YOU
DON'T EVEN KNOW ABOUT, YOUR
VIEWS ARE NOT EVEN POSTED.
THEY'RE TAKEN DOWN, YOU DON'T
KNOW ABOUT IT, WHO WILL TRUST
FACEBOOK AT THIS POINT?
I CERTAINLY DON'T.
CHARLES: YOU MENTIONED A FIVE
BILLION DOLLAR FINE.
MOST, NOT MOST, A LOT OF PEOPLE
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE SAW
THAT, TO YOUR POINT A SLAP ON
THE WRIST.
>> RIGHT.
CHARLES: THEY GOT OFF
SCOTT-FREE.
THERE ARE BUSINESSES THAT BUILT
INTO THEIR BUSINESS MODEL TO PAY
FINES FOR THINGS LIKE THAT.
ULTIMATELY FOR FACEBOOK THAT IS
JUST A COST OF DOING BUSINESS
AND THEY'RE NOT GOING TO CHANGE?
>> I DON'T SEE IT HAPPENING,
CHARLES.
I HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE TO
INVESTIGATE TO LOOK INTO IT BUT
HOW MANY YEARS HAS THIS BEEN
GOING ON?
HOW LONG WILL IT TAKE FOR
NEGATIVE TO TURN AROUND.
CHARLES: HAVE YOU TRIED TO REACH
OUT TO SENATOR KYL ON THIS?
>> WILL I TRY TO?
WHAT WILL I GAIN FROM IT?
CHARLES: HE IS DOING SOME
INVESTIGATION.
MAYBE THERE IS INFORMATION OUT
THIS THAT YOU HAVE HE HAS NOT
BEEN EXPOSED TO.
>> I LEFT A MESSAGE WITH SENATOR
CRUZ'S OFFICE A MONTH AGO.
I HAVE YET TO HEAR BACK FROM