Facebook engagement for UK news publishers has doubled in six months despite algorithm changes, report
Fears that changes to Facebook algorithm would harm news publishers appear to have been misplaced, according to new research. On…
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Facebook, Twitter and Youtube to work with news organisations to help them verify information
Facebook, Twitter and Youtube have joined a network of news and technology organisations set up to improve skills and standards…
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Guardian experiments with artificial intelligence using news ‘chatbot’ to answer reader questions
The Guardian has launched a news chatbot on Facebook Messenger in a further experimentation with the format that it first…
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Facebook’s ‘trending’ news feature now edited by computers rather than humans, up to 18 staff sacked
Facebook has removed human involvement from the “Trending” feature added to the website in 2014 which identifies interesting content about…
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Wikileaks blocked in Turkey as 300,000 emails from ruling AKP party published in ‘megaleak’
A “megaleak” of emails believed to be from the primary internet domain of Turkish president Recep Tayipp Erdogan’s ruling party have…
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Twitter bans right-wing journalist @Nero quoting rules over incitement of harassment
Twitter has banned right-wing journalist Milo Yiannopoulos from the platform after he posted messages seen as encouraging harassment of ghostbusters…
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News broadcasters boost Facebook Live video after change in web giant’s algorithm
News broadcasters are set to invest in improving the audio/visual quality of their Facebook Live videos as the platform expands to…
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Online publishers set to see drop in reach after changes to Facebook news feed
Facebook’s news feed will prioritise posts from friends above that of publishers in a move that could see “a small…
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