Facebook kills ‘Trending’ feature amid lingering criticism

Published June 1, 2018 5:41pm ET



Facebook is removing its “Trending” feature, a box that promoted news topics, as founder Mark Zuckerberg reshapes the social media titan’s content policies amid simultaneous criticism from both ends of the political spectrum.

The section, designed to inform users about topics that were popular across the platform, was available in only five countries but drew complaints as long ago as May 2016, when Gizmodo reported that contract workers suppressed conservative-leaning articles.

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