Angry about Facebook censorship? Wait until you hear about the news feed
by Alex Hern from on (#1DCK6)
Peeved about Facebook's curation of trending topics? Its news feed is reinventing censorship for a technological age, and humans need not apply
Bad news: Facebook is censoring the internet every day, warping your understanding of the world around you to benefit its corporate interests, and fundamentally changing the media landscape in a potentially apocalyptic fashion.
Good news: that has little to nothing to do with the fact that the human curators of its trending topics feature are a bit sniffy about linking to Breitbart News.
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