Article 1ES8Y Facebook to change trending topics after investigation into bias claims

Facebook to change trending topics after investigation into bias claims

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Elle Hunt
from Technology | The Guardian on (#1ES8Y)
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Internal report finds 'virtually identical' rates of conservative and liberal topics, but guidelines updated to 'exclude possibility of improper actions'

Facebook has denied allegations that the team responsible for its trending topics section deliberately suppressed conservative views - but says it will improve the feature.

Allegations have been made anonymously that the team responsible for choosing trending topics did so with little oversight and deliberately suppressed conservative views.

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