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CU Taboo: The Facebook conundrum

by CU Independent September 8, 2016
by CU Independent September 8, 2016 1 minutes read
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The CU Independent’s controversial news podcast is back and revamped.

For the semester’s first episode, co-hosts Jordyn Siemens and Xandra McMahon take on the recent controversy surrounding Facebook’s “Trending” sidebar. After eliminating its team of contractors who moderated this sidebar, Facebook brought in a computerized algorithm to do the same job — which came with a multitude of its own problems.

CU Taboo is here to clarify the controversy.

Contact CU Independent CU Taboo hosts Jordyn Siemens and Xandra McMahon at jordyn.siemens@colorado.edu and xandra.mcmahon@colorado.edu. Follow them on Twitter @Jordyn_siemens and @xanmcmahon. 

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