US election was most ‘talked about’ in 2016: Facebook

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SAN FRANCISCO: The US presidential election was the most “talked about” topic on Facebook in 2016, in a year filled with discussion and debate on issues that were both serious and light-hearted. 

The bitterly contested election in which Donald Trump defeated Hillary Clinton was ranked as the leading issue, followed by Brazil’s political developments which included the impeachment of president Dilma Rousseff, Facebook said in a blog post.