New York: Addressing concerns over its controversial Trending Topics feature, Facebook says its automation will be increased and users will no longer be required to write descriptions for trending topics. A more algorithmically driven process will allow the Facebook team to scale Trending to cover more topics and make it available to more people globally over time.

A report in technology website Gizmodo recently accused Facebook of an editorial bias against US conservative news organisations, sparking sharp reactions from across the spectrum. "This is something we always hoped to do but we are making these changes sooner given the feedback we got from the Facebook community earlier this year," the company said in a post on Saturday.