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Facebook's algorithm is a sociopath, and Facebook management is too greedy to stop it
Facebook has known its algorithms encourage antisocial behavior for years and done little to stop i…
Linette Lopez
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India starts probe into Facebook’s algorithm, seeks info on moderation process
Social media giant Facebook has once again come under the scanner in India. The Indian government h…
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Zuckerberg reportedly brushed aside internal research that showed Facebook exposed users to more and more extreme views, saying he never wanted the topic brought to him again
After Facebook researchers found the site contributed to divisive rhetoric, executives reportedly n…
Paige Leskin
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly signed off on a Facebook algorithm change that throttled traffic to progressive news sites — and one site says that quiet change cost them $400,000 to $600,000 a year
Facebook worried that an algorithm change would negatively impact right-wing media, so they dinged …
Isabella Jibilian
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House lawmakers want to force Meta and other social media companies to let their users turn off engagement-hungry algorithms, report says
The bill introduced by House lawmakers would force social media companies to offer an "unmanipulate…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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How Facebook's New Algorithm Affects Brands
Not only is Facebook forcing brands to produce higher quality content on its platform, but the soci…
Cooper Smith
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Facebook's algorithm changes and their impact on media companies made it into Sunday's episode of 'Succession'
Unfortunately for Yee, Vaulter never gets the chance to turn things around: Kendall, on the behest …
Avery Hartmans
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A bunch of publishers are about to find out that Facebook's algorithm thinks their video content is worthless
"Facebook has suggested it will reward intentional content viewing and deprioritize accidental or p…
Mike Shields
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Mark Zuckerberg reportedly signed off on a Facebook algorithm change that favored established news sites and made feeds 'nicer' after the election
The change, signed off by Mark Zuckerberg, was intended to stem the flow of misinformation on the p…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Startup founder says he lost his company and $100 million by relying on Facebook: 'Sends chills down my spine' to watch others build businesses on Instagram and TikTok
The founder of a digital media site tweeted that "it was a death sentence" when Facebook started pr…
Katie Canales
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Facebook says it made a mistake in blocking Wes Cook Band's 'patriotic' song about the American flag
"You know those are the tools that they use to determine whether content fits within certain parame…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Facebook is trying to prove it's not a media company by dropping the guillotine on a bunch of media companies
In short, Facebook's refusal to own up to its role as a media company is now going to end a bunch o…
Steve Kovach
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LittleThings, which abruptly shut down as a victim of Facebook's algorithm tweak, is coming back
But now the mobile gaming firm RockYou is buying LittleThings and reviving the brand. RockYou CEO L…
Mike Shields
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Facebook's algorithm has wiped out a once-flourishing digital publisher
Today, February 27th, LittleThings will be permanently closing its doors. It comes after 8 years of…
Mike Shields
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Facebook employees worried an algorithm change in the middle of Trump's presidency would push sensationalistic and divisive content, a new report says
Facebook graded posts - 1 point for "likes," 5 points for reactions, like angry emojis - to decide …
Katie Canales
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Photos show how Facebook can use AI to seamlessly fix closed eyes in selfies
Researchers Brian Dolhansky and Cristian Canton Ferrer note in their paper for Facebook that "face …
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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DENTON: Mark Zuckerberg Tweaked The News Feed After BuzzFeed's CEO Told Him To
Gawker Media leader (and Peretti foil) Nick Denton says that last year Peretti told Zuckerberg to t…
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The UK's Biggest Newspaper Publisher Thinks Facebook's New Mobile Publishing Idea Is A Farce
Facebook's reasoning is that, with its 654 million daily mobile users and the fact more than half o…
Lara O'Reilly
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Labour wants tech firms like Google and Facebook to disclose what's under the hood
Labour is due to publish its industrial paper in 2017, according to The Guardian. The paper will re…
Sam Shead
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Facebook exec Nick Clegg said he couldn't give a 'yes or no answer' on whether its algorithms boosted insurrection sentiments ahead of Jan. 6 riot
"Given we have thousands of algorithms and you have millions of people using this, I can't give you…