In August, Facebook released a statement in their newsroom, explaining that humans no longer write descriptions for the Trending feature on the sidebar of your Facebook profile and, rather, the whole ...

Some have alleged there is political bias in the feature. — -- Facebook is making several changes to its trending topics feature following an investigation stemming from anonymous allegations of ...

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The company's newly tweaked "Trending" module promoted a "totally fake" story. — -- Facebook’s newly-tweaked “Trending” module, barely three days old, has already made its first big gaffe: ...

Facebook is once again trying to strengthen its reputation as a place for news as it tries to figure out how to curb misinformation from spreading on the site. The social network on Wednesday ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is shutting down its embattled "trending topics" section, the company announced on Friday, putting an end to a tool that was often a flashpoint for allegations of political ...

Facebook could be forced back to the drawing board in order to fix its newly automated Trending topics section after its algorithm suffered two consecutive blunders. Last week, the social network ...

World's largest social networking site Facebook has announced a new feature called "Trending" that will show popular topics of ongoing conversations. The "trending" feature is "designed to surface ...