Facebook’s Faked ‘Trending News’ Is a Warning Not to Trust Silicon Valley

Facebook’s Faked ‘Trending News’ Is a Warning Not to Trust Silicon Valley

By The New York Post Editorial Board

Well, so much for Facebook’s claims to be an honest information broker: Turns out its list of “trending” topics comes with a hefty political bias.

The site Gizmodo on Monday reported what it had heard from some of the “news curators” who actually create the “trending” feed — which only starts with topics flagged by a computer algorithm as to what users are actually posting about.

The exposé reveals one level of bias imposed by management — and another from the peons hired to do the work.

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