As reported in The Switch at The Washington Post
Following another major News Feed redesign, Facebook has announced that users would begin to see less content from news organizations and brands in favor of “meaningful” posts from friends and family.
The move comes after the company happened after Facebook received criticism for allowing what some said was disinformation to spread on its social network and for favoring liberal outlets over conservative ones. In a blog post, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Facebook is not “comfortable” deciding which news sources are the most trustworthy.
“We decided that having the community determine which sources are broadly trusted would be most objective,” he wrote. So how will this work?
The new “trust” rankings will come from surveys the company is conducting. Outlets that are deemed “Broadly trusted” will see a boost in readership. Those that are less widely known, or “less trusted” are harder to find.
Read more here at The Washington Post.
