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posted by janrinok on Sunday August 28 2016, @12:29AM   Printer-friendly
from the future-of-journalism dept.

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."

alternate coverage:

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


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  • (Score: 5, Funny) by aristarchus on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:45AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Sunday August 28 2016, @01:45AM (#394079) Journal

    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, . . . .)

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @02:41AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday August 28 2016, @02:41AM (#394082)

    And a straw-man in even less time than that!

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by Marand on Sunday August 28 2016, @03:56AM

      by Marand (1081) on Sunday August 28 2016, @03:56AM (#394092) Journal

      Hey, give the guy some credit. The comment may have been blatant trolling, but at least it was understandable. That's an improvement!