Facebook's Trending promotes conspiracy article on 9/11
 

Facebook's Trending promotes conspiracy article on 9/11
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Facebook is under fire again 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."

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On Friday morning, users hovering over the "September 11th" trending topic ahead of the 15th anniversary of the attack could see an article 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

— Jessica Contrera (@mjcontrera) September 9, 2016 Read more...

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