Will ”Trending topics” become a ”trending” topic on Facebook?

In its own blog post , the company said a series of checks and balances – involving both software formulas and humans – ensures that stories displayed in the ”trending topics” section aren’t biased. (Reuters) The social media giant on Thursday pulled back the curtain on how its Trending Topics feature works, a reaction to a report in the tech blog Gizmodo that claimed Facebook downplays conservative news subjects. Facebook denies that report, which relied upon a si