Facebook's new 'Trending Topics' update is here — now with less fake news

The world's largest social network has finally settled on an effective way to list basic news stories.

Facebook deployed a revised version of its controversial "Trending Topics" feature Thursday. It now shows each user a standardized list of news stories based on an automated survey of what a diverse collection of media outlets are covering. Previously, each individual user saw a personalized list of news stories in the Trending module. 

When you log onto Facebook's desktop version, you'll see Trending stories on the right, as usual. Stories are sorted according to topic and feature headlines pulled directly from news outlets—they're not written by Facebook. Clicking into the topics shows you related media, links and posts. Read more...