INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Facebook is shuttering the much-maligned Trending topics section next week, noting it accounted for just 1.5% of clicks to news publishers
biggest controversy came in 2016 when former Facebook staffers reported they regularly suppressed conservative news topics in the Trending
section, calling into question the feature's legitimacy.In a blog post announcing Trending section's removal, Facebook's Alex Hardiman
found that over time people found the product to be less and less useful," Hardiman said.In place of the Trending section, Facebook will
end, Facebook is testing several new features, including a breaking news label for news outlets, breaking news notifications, a Today In
section and more news coverage in Facebook Watch.We'll see if doing away with the Trending section and delivering more meaningful news does
anything to improve user trust in Facebook
