Facebook to prioritize posts from friends over publishers
Facebook will begin to prioritize posts from friends and family over public content and content from publishers, the company
announced Thursday.
Why it matters: Facebook is the most widely-used news and information platform in the world; almost
half of Americans use it for news and information. These changes will significantly impact the way people around the world receive and distribute information, possibly limiting the spread of fake news. But the change will completely shift the publishing landscape away from publishers that rely on the news site for traffic.
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- If this plays out bigger than Facebook’s previous algorithm tweaks, you'll be witnessing a decrease in power of the machine that helped to create fake news and increased polarization in America.
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