Justice Probe Into Bias At Tech Companies Should Include Democrats, California AG Says

California's top lawyer is calling on the Department of Justice to invite Democratic as well as Republican attorneys general to an upcoming meeting on alleged bias against conservative views on social media.

Justice Department officials have said that U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions wants to talk with state attorneys generals about whether social platforms "may be hurting competition and intentionally stifling the free exchange of ideas on their platform."

President Trump has accused the tech platforms of suppressing conservative viewpoints. The companies have rejected the allegation. And evidence for anti-conservative bias is unclear. Nonetheless, tech watchers see the meeting as another sign of stricter government scrutiny looming over powerful tech