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Facebook scrambles to deny accusations of political bias
Allegations highlight risks that the company faces as it becomes a central force in news consumption, production
Add BT as a preferred sourcePublished Tue, May 10, 2016 · 09:50 PM
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FACEBOOK scrambled on Monday to respond to a new and startling line of attack: accusations of political bias.
The outcry was set off by a report on Monday morning by the website Gizmodo, which said that Facebook's team in charge of the site's "trending" list had intentionally suppressed articles from conservative news sources. The social network uses the trending feature to indicate the most popular news articles of the day to users.
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