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The CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are facing a grilling by GOP senators making unfounded allegations that the tech giants show anti-conservative bias. Their focus includes Section 230, a law relating to unfettered internet speech. (Oct. 28) AP Domestic

Facebook and Twitter may not be on the ballot, but they're getting dragged into the presidential election in its final hours.

The recurring theme from President Donald Trump's campaign: Blame Big Tech.

Tuesday, Trumps lawyer Rudy Giuliani gave an interview to Russian state media outlet RT in which he accusedtech companies of being maniacally anti-Trump and censoring information about Hunter Bidens business dealings to tip the election to former Vice President Joe Biden.Giuliani claimed the Democratic Party is under Silicon Valley'sthumb.

They dont do any censorship to favor Trump. The censorship is against Trump and to elect the guy they control, Joe Biden, Giuliani said.

His comments echoed Trump's at a rally on Election Day eve in Fayetteville, North Carolina.AttackingBig Tech, he calledTwitter phony guys who fix the elections.

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Fueling his ire was the decision by Facebook and Twitter to throttle the spread of the New York Posts coverage of Hunter Bidens business dealings. Trump said Monday that the online platforms promote unflattering media coverage of his administration.

"Its a fix," he said.

President Donald Trump and attorney Rudy Giuliani accuse social media giants of favoring Joe Biden and making decisions out of a long-standing bias against conservatives.(Photo: Carolyn Kaster, AP)

Lask week, Senate Republicans questioned the heads of Facebook, Twitter and Google on how they police content on their platforms, accusing them of politically motivated bias and suppressionand warning them of challenges to decades-old legal protections that shield them from liability for what users post.

Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg, Twitters Jack Dorsey and Googles Sundar Pichai defended their companies' moderation of conservatives posts, including Trump, before the Senate Commerce Committee.

Conservatives have complained for years that social media companies systematically silence the political speech of right-leaning users.

Tech leaders deny any partisanship, saying their policies strike a balance between allowing users to freely express themselves and keeping hate, abuse and misinformation off their platforms.

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Donald Trump and Rudy Giuliani blast Facebook, Twitter over alleged censorship and bias for Joe Biden: 'It's a fix' - USA TODAY