Reach appoints first community news reporters under Facebook-funded scheme
Reach has appointed its first community news reporters paid for by a Facebook-funded scheme run by the UK’s main journalism…
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MP tells Facebook, Youtube and Twitter bosses ‘you are not doing your jobs’ over extremist content
Social media sites are “a cesspit” and systems to monitor offensive content are not working, an MP has claimed. During…
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White Paper: Government proposes tough new online safety laws as it warns firms the ‘era of self-regulation is over’
The Government has set out plans for tough new online safety laws to be overseen by an independent regulator, which…
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Facebook boss says ‘more active role’ from governments and regulators needed in ‘updating’ internet rules
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg has set out how he believes the social network and the internet should be regulated. The…
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Facebook to explain how algorithm picked content on users’ news feeds
Facebook is to begin explaining to users why they are seeing certain posts on their news feed in an attempt…
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Independent executive editor Will Gore to head up Facebook community news project for NCTJ
Independent executive editor Will Gore will head up a Facebook-funded project for the National Council for the Training of Journalists…
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First Facebook community reporter hired in UK ‘never thought’ he would become journalist due to Asperger’s
The first of 80 community reporters, paid for by Facebook, to be hired in the UK has started work at…
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Chancellor calls on UK competition watchdog to study digital ad market after report finds Duopoly dominates
Chancellor Philip Hammond has pushed for the UK competition watchdog to investigate the digital advertising market following a report saying…
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