Facebook 'trending' section may be biased

<p>Facebooks Trending Topics section may have just landed the company in major trouble. Well, actually some former Facebook workers may have done that.</p><p>A new report indicates Facebook contractors were instructed to suppress certain news stories from appearing in the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Q6cWjyc2Yk" target="_blank">&quot;trending&quot; news section</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>Contractors who worked for the social media giant&nbsp;<a href="http://gizmodo.com/former-facebook-workers-we-routinely-suppressed-conser-1775461006" target="_blank">told Gizmodo</a>&nbsp;they manipulated which stories appeared in the trending section. One worker said they were told to avoid conservative-leaning news stories.</p><p>A contractor told Gizmodo: &quot;It was absolutely bias. We were doing it subjectively. ... Every once in awhile a Red State or conservative news source would have a story. But we would have to go and find the same story from a more neutral outlet that wasnt as biased.&quot;</p><p>Among the outlets that reportedly missed spots in the trending section? Breitbart, Washington Examiner and Newsmax.</p><p>Facebook&nbsp;<a href="http://www.theverge.com/2016/5/9/11644442/facebook-trending-topics-censorship-allegations-bias-gizmodo" target="_blank">denied the allegations</a>, saying, &quot;There are rigorous guidelines in place for the review team to ensure consistency and neutrality.&quot;</p><p><i>This video includes images from Getty Images.</i></p>