Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week announced that the company would investigate allegations that its Trending Topics feature had an anticonservative bias.
"We have found no evidence that this report is true," he said, referring to a news report earlier this month that kicked off the storm. "If we find anything against our principles, you have my commitment that we will take additional steps to address it."
The company "stands for giving everyone a voice," Zuckerberg said. "We are one global community where anyone can share anything -- from a loving photo of a mother and her baby to intellectual analysis of political events."
It is "conducting a full investigation to ensure our teams upheld the integrity" of Trending Topics, he asserted, adding that he would hold discussions with "leading conservatives and people from across the political spectrum" on the allegations.
Accusations of Bias
Gizmodo spoke to five former curators of Trending Topics, who selected trending news from a list topics provided by Facebook's algorithm and picked which news sites each selected topic linked to.
The curators reportedly were told to select articles from a list of preferred media outlets. They regularly would avoid certain sites, such as The Blaze and Breitbart, although they were not explicitly instructed to do so.
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