Facebook’s hand-made Trending Topics

From The Verge:

Facebook has responded to allegations in a Gizmodo report that its contract news curators actively censored stories from conservative publications when selecting which items appear in its Trending Topics section. In a statement given to The Verge, the company does not actively deny that members of its news operation were censoring stories from right-wing outlets like Breitbart and The Drudge Report. However, a Facebook spokesperson did say the company does not “permit the suppression of political perspectives” and has never banned a news outlet from appearing in the Trending Topics bar.

The fact that they had people, not algorithms, choosing Facebook’s Trending Topics is enough proof that certain perspectives would’ve been suppressed.