Facebook is shutting down its trending topics section, a feature that was intended to highlight interesting conversations on the platform but ended up creating political headaches for the company. The trending topics section officially launched in 2014 with the promise of helping users "discover the best content from all across Facebook." But in 2016, an anonymous former Facebook (FB) contractor alleged that colleagues at the company suppressed news about "popular conservative topics" from the trending section. In January, Facebook changed the News Feed to prioritize posts from friends, family members and groups over posts from publishers and brands. While the trending topics will disappear, Facebook is currently testing a new option with 80 publishers around the world to place a "breaking news" label on their posts in the News Feed.

Source: CNN June 01, 2018 15:56 UTC