Facebook announced it is updating its trending topics feature to showcase other publications covering a given news story, hoping to expose readers to a wider variety of sources as the company faces continued criticism over its role in propagating false news stories.
The company announced the redesign in a blog post Wednesday. The update changes what users see when they select a trending topic, but does not affect how the topics themselves are selected.
The redesigned topic page will now include a carousel with stories from other publications about a given topic that you can swipe through.
Facebook does not maintain a list of publications approved to appear in trending topics.
Facebook has faced intense criticism for allowing false news stories to be distributed across its platform.
In January, Facebook added headlines and source information directly under trending topics.