Poll: Americans Split on Social Media ‘Editing’ of News

The Hill: Forty-seven percent of Americans say they are comfortable with social networks like Facebook deciding what news they see, according to a new poll. Though less than half, the figure is nonetheless a plurality: 34 percent told Morning Consult they were not very comfortable or not comfortable, and 20 percent said they did not know or have an opinion on the matter. The poll comes as Facebook looks to fend off allegations that an anti-conservative bias skewed the stories in its trending topics section.