Youngstown Vindicator - Over the past week, Facebook was the center of controversy regarding its purported manipulation of the Trending Topics section.At issue was a report published on tech blog Gizmodo alleging bias in the way Facebook manages Trending Topics results. Based on an internal document detailing "Trending Review Guidelines," many users contend that Facebook purposefully manipulated the topics to exclude conservative news.What are Trending Topics?If you're accessing Facebook through a browser, these topics traditionally appear in list form on the right-hand side of the window. They appear in a slightly different format on mobile devices.The feature was added in 2014, separate from the News Feed, and offer a general topic list as well as topics based on politics, entertainment, sports and technology. Results are generated based on popular conversation topics and personalized for each user."Trending Topics is designed to help people discover major events and meaningful conversations," said Justin O
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