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    Facebook's trending algorithm promoted a 9/11 truther story

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    Devindra Hardawar
    Devindra Hardawar
    09.09.2016

    Facebook's trending news algorithm has failed once again. Earlier today, Facebook users who clicked on the "9/11" trending topic on the social network were directed to a tabloid story by The Daily Star, which claimed that bombs destroyed the World Trade Center towers. As The Washington Post reports, the story was quickly removed after they contacted Facebook.