Facebook announced Monday that it would make changes in your social network to ensure political objectivity of the list of leading publications, despite an internal investigation revealed that the role presented no selection bias.
“Our investigation revealed no evidence of a systematic political bias in the selection or pre-eminence of the publications listed in the top stories function” said Colin Stretch, General counsel Facebook in a letter responding to a question from Sen. John Thune, which integrates Trade Commission.
“Our analysis indicated that rates include topics conservatives and liberals on the top stories were almost identical “ added Stretch.
in addition to the survey results, the company announced ” number of changes “in the operation of its equipment review.
the staff will be subjected to more controls and supervision to “minimize the risk” of bias in cases to do a human trial.
“We want people to be sure that our community includes all points of view,” said Stretch.
last week, the founder Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, called a meeting at the California headquarters of the company, following the publication in the newspaper Gizmodo technology, accusations that the social network omitted items with conservative views on his selection of featured topics.
Mark Zuckerberg said that conservatives are an important part of the social network.
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