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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Google and Facebook reveal plans to stop ad support for fake news websites after US election concerns
Google and Facebook have announced plans to fight the spread of fake news by placing tighter restrictions on how such…
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Seeking an advertising boycott of newspapers you disagree with is an illiberal way to promote liberal values
The Stop Funding Hate campaign strikes me as an illiberal way to set about achieving the liberal objective of less…
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Facebook to allow more ‘newsworthy’ posts to pass censorship after ‘napalm girl’ furore
Facebook has said it will begin allowing more items that are “newsworthy, significant or important to the public interest” to…
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Facebook launches free Marketplace feature allowing users to buy and sell locally
Facebook has launched a new Marketplace feature which enables users to buy and sell items with others nearby. The move…
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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…
By Facebook changes its rules to penalise clickbait-style headlines
Facebook has declared war on clickbait by identifying commonly used headline ploys and pushing these posts down the rankings in…
By Facebook founder says video to be ‘at heart of all our services’ as it takes £5bn advertising in three months
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has said the social media platform is moving “towards a world where video is at the…
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