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09-09-2016, 10:13 PM
Facebook's Trending promotes conspiracy article on 9/11
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Facebook is under fire again (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/facebook-trending-topics-change/#HHwqU4kFaZq8?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) for its Trending Topics feature after it promoted a "truther" article from a British tabloid claiming the Twin Towers in New York collapsed on Sept. 11 due to a "controlled demolition."
SEE ALSO: Why we should worry about Facebook's Trending topics disaster (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/facebook-trending-staff-fired/)
On Friday morning, users hovering over the "September 11th" trending topic ahead of the 15th anniversary of the attack could see an article (http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/543518/september-11-911-twin-towers-controlled-demolition-cia-fbi-pentagon-**-plane-theory) from The Daily Star entitled "September 11: The footage that 'proves bombs were planted in Twin Towers'."
Facebook ******* human editors. (https://t.co/PdljXr2Cry) **w it is telling me 9/11 was caused by bombs, **t planespic.twitter.com/X7Ug9khNVR (https://t.co/X7Ug9khNVR)
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Facebook is under fire again (http://mashable.com/2016/08/26/facebook-trending-topics-change/#HHwqU4kFaZq8?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=) for its Trending Topics feature after it promoted a "truther" article from a British tabloid claiming the Twin Towers in New York collapsed on Sept. 11 due to a "controlled demolition."
SEE ALSO: Why we should worry about Facebook's Trending topics disaster (http://mashable.com/2016/08/31/facebook-trending-staff-fired/)
On Friday morning, users hovering over the "September 11th" trending topic ahead of the 15th anniversary of the attack could see an article (http://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/543518/september-11-911-twin-towers-controlled-demolition-cia-fbi-pentagon-**-plane-theory) from The Daily Star entitled "September 11: The footage that 'proves bombs were planted in Twin Towers'."
Facebook ******* human editors. (https://t.co/PdljXr2Cry) **w it is telling me 9/11 was caused by bombs, **t planespic.twitter.com/X7Ug9khNVR (https://t.co/X7Ug9khNVR)
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