The memo’s central claim, however, that “the overwhelming majority of the social sciences, media, and Google lean left” ignited no controversy. “Facebook and the tech industry are located in Silicon Valley, which is an extremely left-leaning place,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg confessed before members of Congress. As information technology providers become more integrated into American’s lives, and social media demonstrates a disproportionate capacity to influence the national political dialogue, familiar patterns are emerging. Those who believe that liberal political bias is pervasive in the tech industry are not without evidence to support their claim. It is, however, true that fringe “news” sites on the right and the left are not treated equally by Google’s automated search functions.