Facebook calls time on 'trending' feature

Facebook has announced plans to cull its ‘trending’ feature claiming it has become less useful to users over time.  
Introduced in 2014, trending was designed to help people find news and interesting topics on Facebook quickly, but has run into trouble over the years, notably in 2016 after allegations the trending team suppressed conservative news. 
Announcing the news via a blog post, Alex Hardiman, Facebook’s head of news products, said: “So we’re explor