Facebook has been under fire recently over allegations that some of the contractors working on its “Trending Topics” had prevented conservative media outlets from showing up in the section.
On Thursday, a document purporting to be Facebook’s internal guidelines for that section leaked, showing that while there is no top-down encouragement to ignore conservative media, its practices are heavily dependent on employees to pick the news.
The most surprising revelation from the 21-page document, which were acquired by The Guardian, may be the lack of science behind Facebook’s system for choosing important national stories. Read more…
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