A good chunk of the paper is a citation of anecdotal evidence of alleged conservative speech suppression, including the current Joe Rogan-Spotify controversy. (Note: The paper has a loose definition of “Big Tech.” Spotify? Twitter? Really?) Perhaps one reason for the report’s heavily anecdotal nature is that more empirical evidence of comprehensive, systemic bias is hard to come by. So it’s stuck with oddball supporting studies like 2019 research showing that of 22 “prominent, politically” active Twitter accounts suspended since the platform’s inception, 21 were pro-Donald Trump versus one that was pro-Hillary Clinton.

But those accounts probably weren’t suspended because of their advocacy of former President Donald Trump’s tax and trade ideas or some such. Rather, they are a rogues’ gallery of “outspoken or accused white nationalists, neo-Confederates, holocaust deniers, conspiracy peddlers, professional trolls, and other alt-right or fringe personalities,” according to TechDirt.

By contrast, a 2021 New York University analysis concludes “the claim of anti-conservative animus is itself a form of disinformation: a falsehood with no reliable evidence to support it. No trustworthy large-scale studies have determined that conservative content is being removed for ideological reasons or that searches are being manipulated to favor liberal interests.” It notes, for example, that in the three months before the 2020 election, Trump dominated his then-rival, Joe Biden, on Facebook with 87 percent of 307 million total interactions versus 13 percent for Biden.