Being neutral: Facebook's Trending Topics team will be trained to avoid ideological or political bias.
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook Inc will no longer rely on a top-10 list of websites to help choose items for its Trending Topics section, even though an internal probe showed no evidence of political bias in the selection process, the company said on Monday.
The world's largest social media network said in a blogpost that changes include clearer guidelines for human editors on the Trending Topics team, more training to emphasise avoiding ideological or political bias and more robust review procedures.
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