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September 9, 2016 05:58 pm GMT

First a Siri joke, now a 9/11 conspiracy? Facebook Trending is having a really bad week

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Facebook's Trending Topics feature is in trouble. Again. 

The section, whose human editors were recently replaced by algorithms, has promoted a "truther" article from a British tabloid claiming the Twin Towers in New York collapsed on Sept. 11 due to a "controlled demolition."

SEE ALSO: Why we should worry about Facebook's Trending topics disaster

On Friday morning, users hovering over the "September 11th" trending topic ahead of the 15th anniversary of the attack could see an article from The Daily Star entitled "September 11: The footage that 'proves bombs were planted in Twin Towers'."

Facebook removed human editors. (https://t.co/PdljXr2Cry) Now it is telling me 9/11 was caused by bombs, not planespic.twitter.com/X7Ug9khNVR

— Jessica Contrera (@mjcontrera) September 9, 2016 Read more...

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