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 inclusion rates of conservatives and liberals on the top stories topics were virtually identical “ added Stretch.
in addition to the survey results, the company announced ” several changes “in the functioning of their review teams.
the staff will be subjected to more controls and supervision to ” minimize the risk “of bias where to do a human trial.
“We want people to be sure that our community includes all points of view,” she said Stretch.
last week, the founder of 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 articles conservative views in its selection of outstanding issues.
Mark Zuckerberg said that conservatives are an important part of the social network.
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