Tech Times reports (alternate link) that Facebook has sacked the editors responsible for the site's "Trending Topics." According to the Facebook blog, the section is to be produced by "[a] more algorithmically driven process."
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related stories:
Facebook is Keeping its Employees' Politics in Check With Bias Training
US Senate Launches Inquiry Over Facebook's Alleged Political Bias in Trending News List
(Score: 5, Funny) by aristarchus on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:45AM
Wake up, sheeple! Can't you see how Facebook is suppressing legitimate conservative viewpoints, just because they can't handle the truth and they are all SJWs?
(cue tsubasa: Lizard people in 10, 9, 8, 7, . . . .)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @02:41AM
And a straw-man in even less time than that!
(Score: 3, Touché) by Marand on Sunday August 28 2016, @03:56AM
Hey, give the guy some credit. The comment may have been blatant trolling, but at least it was understandable. That's an improvement!