> Google, Facebook et al wanted to make amends for biasing the election

I'm still surprised by the anger for this. For the purposes of the viewer, Google and Facebook are effectively media companies. By that measure, all media companies bias elections heavily during election cycles. This is done both with content and well as paid advertising.

But to "make amends" for something sounds as if their influence is either unprecedented or morally wrong. Perhaps the argument is that the bias from international influences was wrong. Something else entirely?

I suppose i fail to see where the real complaint here is. What behavior or lapse triggered these accusations?