NEIL MUNRO: Facebook upgrade spurs fears of political bias. “Chicago libertarian activist Eric Odom has built an active 60,000-member group, but is not being offered an upgrade key. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence got the upgrade for its 1,000-member group. . . . activists’ worries about Facebook’s neutrality are enhanced by Facebook’s reluctance to explain which groups get the upgrade key. . . . The activists’ worries about Facebook’s possible political tilt are fortified by the political activities of its founders and employees. The company’s employees donated heavily to the Obama campaign in 2008, just as did the employees of Google and Microsoft. Facebook-founder Chris Hughes workers as head of the online-organizing campaign for the Obama campaign, while company chief Mark Zuckerberg has declared himself to be an Obama supporter.”

Use Facebook if you like, but don’t trust them. Ditto Google.