Facebook rejects political bias claims on 'Trending Topics' list

Facebook has emphasised that it does not permit employees to block news stories from its ‘Trending Topics’ list based on political bias, amid controversy over how the social media site selects what news it displays.

Mark Zuckerberg responded to accusations that its company’s ‘trending’ topics list was suppressing conservative media, by saying the company was conducting an investigation.

No evidence of manipulation had been found, but “if we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it”, Mr Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post.