Facebook Addresses Trending Topics Flap in Letter to Sen. John Thune

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch shared a letter he sent to Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-S.D.).

Facebook general counsel Colin Stretch shared a letter (embedded below) he sent to Senate Commerce Committee chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) regarding the controversy over conservative stories allegedly being suppressed from Trending Topics.

Stretch summarized the contents of his letter to Thune in a Newsroom post, writing:

As soon as we heard of these allegations, we initiated an investigation into the policies and practices around Trending Topics to determine if anyone working on the product acted in ways that are inconsistent with our policies and mission.

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