Mark Zuckerberg approved promoting pro-Facebook stories in users' news feeds, $4 reported Tuesday.- The proposed "Project Amplify" involved running ads and pushing positive news stories about
Facebook . - Facebook's overall strategy has shifted to become less apologetic in recent months.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally approved an internal effort to push positive stories about the besieged company via users' News Feeds, $4 reported Tuesday.
In January, executives proposed an initiative, code-named "Project Amplify," to run ads to show more pro-Facebook news stories and highlight more posts written by the company, according to the Times.
After Zuckerberg signed off on Project Amplify in August, Facebook began testing the changes in three cities through a tool called "Quick Promote," marking the first time the company explicitly pushed positive press about itself, the Times reported.
"There is zero change to the
Facebook has recently faced $4 and employees have increasingly been raising concerns about everything from its handling of $4 to algorithmic changes that they feared $4.
In contrast to its response to the $4 and other $4, Facebook's
In the January meeting, Facebook executives proposed defending the company more aggressively, according to the Times. But the Project Amplify reportedly shocked some in attendance.
Osborne refuted The Times' reporting about the January meeting in a $4.
"People deserve to know the steps we're taking to address the different issues facing our company - and we're going to share those steps widely," Osborne told the Times, denying that the company's strategy had shifted.