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Has Facebook been suppressing news stories?

Facebook has denied allegations from former workers who claimed they were asked to suppress conservative news stories from their influential ‘trending news’ section. Technology news site Gizmodo based on whistleblowers’ accounts said Facebook staff choose to bury articles they did not agree with. Mishal Husain talks to Dina Rickman, Head of Social and Trending content for the Independent.

First broadcast on Today, 11 May 2016.

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