Facebook denies censoring conservative news

Is Facebook, one of the world's most powerful distributors of news on the Internet, censoring politically conservative articles?

Facebook denies it, but that's the allegation in a published report that set off a firestorm among conservative media on Monday.

According to tech news outlet Gizmodo, a former Facebook news curator says popular articles from politically conservative outlets on conservative subjects were deliberately left off of the "trending news" sidebar. Among the allegedly verboten topics: Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and former Fox News contributor Steven Crowder.

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