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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/bias_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Are Facebook's Trending Topics Unfair?' data-article-id='1523'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='16958'>Former Facebook workers said this week that the social media company often avoided letting news popular among conservative Americans appear in its “Trending” section.</span> <span data-start-time='16958' data-end-time='32167'>The former workers told the website Gizmodo that they were told to select stories to include in the Trending list, even if those stories were not actually trending.</span> <span data-start-time='32167' data-end-time='41979'>The former workers also said they were told not to include topics about Facebook itself into the trending list.</span> <span data-start-time='41979' data-end-time='52417'>One of the former workers told Gizmodo that the policies “had a chilling effect on conservative news.”</span> <span data-start-time='52417' data-end-time='60229'>Another accused Facebook of being biased in its selection of trending topics.</span> <span data-start-time='60229' data-end-time='68938'>The controversy did become the No. 1 trending topic on Facebook for part of the day Monday.</span> <span data-start-time='68938' data-end-time='78479'>Many Facebook users were surprised that the company permitted the discussion to even appear in its Trending section.</span> <span data-start-time='78479' data-end-time='90688'>The Associated Press reported Tuesday that a Facebook official said the company has found no evidence to support the former workers’ claims.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/bias_img.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=6145 data-hint-location='52417' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/what_does_bias_mean.m4a'>What does bias mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='having an unfair tendency towards something'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/to_argue.m4a'><span>to argue</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/having_an_unfair_tendency_towards_something.m4a'><span>having an unfair tendency towards something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/a_discouraging_effect.m4a'><span>a discouraging effect</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/to_keep_secret.m4a'><span>to keep secret</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=6146 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/what_type_of_news_is_supposedly_not_allowed_in_the_trending_section.m4a'>What type of news is supposedly not allowed in the trending section?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='conservative'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/optimistic.m4a'><span>optimistic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/liberal.m4a'><span>liberal</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/conservative.m4a'><span>conservative</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/bad.m4a'><span>bad</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=6147 data-hint-location='32167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/former_workers_at__blank__have_made_claims_about_the_trending_news_section.m4a'>Former workers at <span class='blank'>Facebook</span> have made claims about the trending news section.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Facebook'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/facebook.m4a'><span>Facebook</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/twitter.m4a'><span>Twitter</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/linkedin.m4a'><span>LinkedIn</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/1043/instagram.m4a'><span>Instagram</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button 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