Facebook employees get new guidelines
Facebook on Thursday emphasized that it does not permit its employees to block news stories from its “Trending Topics” list based on political bias, amid a controversy over how the social media superpower selects what news it displays. Technology news website Gizmodo on Monday reported that a former Facebook employee said workers “routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers” while “artificially” adding other stories to the trending list. The Gizmodo story triggered a reaction on social media, with several journalists and commentators raising concerns about alleged bias, and…
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