Most Americans Think Facebook and Twitter Censor Their Political Views

Both Democrats and Republicans distrust social media companies when it comes to impartiality.

Photographer: Kiyoshi Ota/Bloomberg

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Big Brother is watching you—or at least Americans seem to think so when it comes to the technology giants behind social media.

A whopping 72 percent of those polled think it’s likely companies such as Facebook and Twitter actively censor political views that they consider objectionable, according to a Pew Research Center study released Thursday.