Luiz 4,253 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Facebook workers routinely suppressed news stories of interest to conservative readers from the social network’s influential “trending” news section, according to a former journalist who worked on the project. This individual says that workers prevented stories about the right-wing CPAC gathering, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, and other conservative topics from appearing in the highly-influential section, even though they were organically trending among the site’s users. Several former Facebook “news curators,” as they were known internally, also told Gizmodo that they were instructed to artificially “inject” selected stories into the trending news module, even if they weren’t popular enough to warrant inclusion—or in some cases weren’t trending at all. The former curators, all of whom worked as contractors, also said they were directed not to include news about Facebook itself in the trending module. In other words, Facebook’s news section operates like a traditional newsroom, reflecting the biases of its workers and the institutional imperatives of the corporation. Imposing human editorial values onto the lists of topics an algorithm spits out is by no means a bad thing—but it is in stark contrast to the company’s claims that the trending module simply lists “topics that have recently become popular on Facebook.” http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006 I disapprove of what you say, but will defend to the death your right to say it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 174,545 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 So Facebook is a conservative company? 'Cause I don't see any reason a progressive wouldn't want the conservatives to speak for themselves Seriously though, I hate all the bias in media. Whether it's proper news or social media, people only ever report the convenient facts or they just straight up publish opinion pieces. Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizoda 4,203 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 yesterday appeared an article on Breitbart (rightwing press) telling about the supression Report: Facebook Suppresses Conservative Outlets, Amplifies ‘Black Lives Matter’ http://www.breitbart.com/search/?s=facebook Viva free speech Facebook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LebaneseDude 6,146 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Good. Edited just now by LebaneseDude. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brizoda 4,203 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 shame on Dictatorial Facebook Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
venusfly 17,885 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 Facebook has said that this is not true, also it doesn't help that this information was submitted anonymously. I could go to the news and say im an ex-Twitter employee and say they do the same thing with trending topics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJH219 4,448 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 And this is shocking how?? All social media platforms are extremely biased. What a non-issue 'All our dreams can come true IF we have the courage to pursue them'-Walt Disney Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunday 2,186 Posted May 10, 2016 Share Posted May 10, 2016 How should I react to this ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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