{"id":3899,"date":"2016-05-24T09:33:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-24T01:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/24\/facebook-changes-trending-topics-in-wake-of-controversy\/"},"modified":"2016-05-24T09:33:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-24T01:33:13","slug":"facebook-changes-trending-topics-in-wake-of-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/murtadha\/2016\/05\/24\/facebook-changes-trending-topics-in-wake-of-controversy\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook changes &quot;Trending Topics&quot; in wake of controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Https%3a%2f%2fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2fuploads%2fcard%2fimage%2f95871%2fzuckerberg_32\" src=\"http:\/\/i.amz.mshcdn.com\/FAr5TznadVKuxh8ceKU8jYvh3SI=\/575x323\/https%3A%2F%2Fblueprint-api-production.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fcard%2Fimage%2F95871%2FZuckerberg_32.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;width: 50px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?via=Mashable&amp;text=Facebook+changes+%22Trending+Topics%22+in+wake+of+controversy&amp;src=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F23%2Ffacebook-changes-trending-topics%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-tw\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-tw-f7c0a094d16b7ee7c91a1e50839a8e00.jpg\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2F2016%2F05%2F23%2Ffacebook-changes-trending-topics%2F%3Futm_campaign%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial%26utm_cid%3DMash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;src=sp\" style=\"margin: 10px\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Feed-fb\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/a.amz.mshcdn.com\/assets\/feed-fb-c0a21e8841794479b8086c32c6f24ba1.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Move fast and break stuff can also mean Facebook&#8217;s own rules, especially in the wake of a torrent of criticism.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook announced on Monday afternoon that it would no longer be using other websites and media outlets to determine what belongs in the &#8220;Trending Topics&#8221; section.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This means that we will discontinue use of the top-10 list of news outlets, the Media 1K list, and the RSSfeed,&#8221; wrote Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch in a letter to Senator John Thune.<\/p>\n<p>Thune had been the most vocal politician to come out against Facebook after some of the social network&#8217;s former contractors alleged that there had been instances in which conservative media outlets were suppressed \u00a0in the Trending Topics section. <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/2016\/05\/23\/facebook-changes-trending-topics\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More about <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/digital-media\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Digital Media<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/category\/facebook\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/business\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Business<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/mashable.com\/media\/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&amp;utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial\">Media<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Mashable\/~4\/iRBs85FDac8\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Move fast and break stuff can also mean Facebook&#8217;s own rules, especially in the wake of a torrent of criticism. 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