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Facebook is asking users to pick which news outlets are 'trustworthy' — and will demote the losers in your feed
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook says it will start sorting news sources by how "trustworthy" its users think they are — a major change as the social media giant continues to come under fire over the spread of misinformation on its platform.On Friday, the California tech giant announced that it would alter the algorithm for picking news to show in its News Feed based on whether the news is considered "trustworthy," whether it is "informative," and whether it is "relevant to people's local community."Facebook won't be...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook says it will start sorting news sources by how "trustworthy" its users think they are — a major change as the social media giant continues to come under fire over the spread of misinformation on its platform.On Friday, the California tech giant announced that it would alter the algorithm for picking news to show in its News Feed based on whether the news is considered "trustworthy," whether it is "informative," and whether it is "relevant to people's local community."Facebook won't be...WW…
Mark Zuckerberg told Congress that Facebook is not a monopoly. But in 2012, it boasted that it held '95% of all social media in the US.'
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.As Facebook faces mounting antitrust scrutiny, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly asserted that the company faces intense competition and is not a monopoly.But eight years ago, the company was telling a very different story.In a marketing presentation from 2012, Facebook boasted about its market...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.As Facebook faces mounting antitrust scrutiny, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has repeatedly asserted that the company faces intense competition and is not a monopoly.But eight years ago, the company was telling a very different story.In a marketing presentation from 2012, Facebook boasted about its market...WW…
Mark Zuckerberg is about to testify before Congress about Facebook and antitrust. Read his full prepared remarks here.
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will warn Congress that attempts to regulate his company's power under antitrust law risks helping China.On Wednesday, that will also feature the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, and Google. All four American companies are facing intensifying scrutiny over their outsize market power and their impacts on the competition, and face an array of antitrust probes both domestically and abroad.Ahead of the hearing, Facebook has released a copy of Zuckerberg's — offering a preview of...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will warn Congress that attempts to regulate his company's power under antitrust law risks helping China.On Wednesday, that will also feature the CEOs of Apple, Amazon, and Google. All four American companies are facing intensifying scrutiny over their outsize market power and their impacts on the competition, and face an array of antitrust probes both domestically and abroad.Ahead of the hearing, Facebook has released a copy of Zuckerberg's — offering a preview of...WW…
Mark Zuckerberg publicly promises to re-examine Facebook's rules on posts related to state violence
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly promised to re-examine the social network's policies on state violence after an unprecedented week of protests across the US — and among Facebook employees.In a note to employees that he also shared on his public-facing Facebook page on Friday, Zuckerberg...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has publicly promised to re-examine the social network's policies on state violence after an unprecedented week of protests across the US — and among Facebook employees.In a note to employees that he also shared on his public-facing Facebook page on Friday, Zuckerberg...WW…
Mark Zuckerberg suggests Facebook might have helped prevent the war in Iraq
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook might have been able to help prevent the Iraq War had it existed at the time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed in a high-profile speech that attempted to recast the controversial origins of the social network in a more noble light. , the 34-year-old...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.Facebook might have been able to help prevent the Iraq War had it existed at the time, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg claimed in a high-profile speech that attempted to recast the controversial origins of the social network in a more noble light. , the 34-year-old...WW…
Facebook is taking on Amazon and eBay with its new 'Shops' feature. The risks to its reputation are greater than ever.
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook is gearing up to go toe-to-toe with Amazon. It's high risk — and high reward.On Tuesday, the Silicon Valley-headquartered social networking giant announced Facebook Shops — a new feature for Facebook and Instagram that will allow businesses to create digital storefronts and list catalogs for products for sale through the social network.It's a move that takes Facebook into more direct competition with long-established online shopping platforms that allow third-party sellers, from the...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook is gearing up to go toe-to-toe with Amazon. It's high risk — and high reward.On Tuesday, the Silicon Valley-headquartered social networking giant announced Facebook Shops — a new feature for Facebook and Instagram that will allow businesses to create digital storefronts and list catalogs for products for sale through the social network.It's a move that takes Facebook into more direct competition with long-established online shopping platforms that allow third-party sellers, from the...WW…
A survey of thousands of SF Bay Area techies found that 2 out of 3 would consider leaving if they could permanently work remotely
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowA survey of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area tech workers found that two-thirds would consider leaving the region if they were given the option to work from home permanently.Blind, an anonymous work-focused social network, asked 4,400 workers — about 2,800 in the Bay Area and 1,600 elsewhere — for their thoughts on working remotely and how it would affect their choice of where to live.The results, which Blind shared with Business Insider, offer a glimpse into how extensively the coronavirus...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowA survey of thousands of San Francisco Bay Area tech workers found that two-thirds would consider leaving the region if they were given the option to work from home permanently.Blind, an anonymous work-focused social network, asked 4,400 workers — about 2,800 in the Bay Area and 1,600 elsewhere — for their thoughts on working remotely and how it would affect their choice of where to live.The results, which Blind shared with Business Insider, offer a glimpse into how extensively the coronavirus...WW…
The remote work boom will make it harder for big tech companies like Facebook and Google to recruit top talent. That's a good thing.
An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook is launching an ambitious push into remote working, and expects to have as much of 50% of its tens of thousands of employees working remotely by 2030.CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that the move will bolster the company's hiring efforts, saying on Thursday it "open[s] up a lot of new talent that previously wouldn't have considered moving to a big city."But the opposite might be true: The coming remote work revolution might actually hamper big tech companies like Facebook, Apple, and...…An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowFacebook is launching an ambitious push into remote working, and expects to have as much of 50% of its tens of thousands of employees working remotely by 2030.CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes that the move will bolster the company's hiring efforts, saying on Thursday it "open[s] up a lot of new talent that previously wouldn't have considered moving to a big city."But the opposite might be true: The coming remote work revolution might actually hamper big tech companies like Facebook, Apple, and...WW…
A Facebook software engineer publicly resigned in protest over the social network's 'propagation of weaponized hatred'
Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.A Facebook software engineer in California has publicly resigned over the company's handling of posts from President Donald Trump about the US protests, saying Facebook is "on the wrong side of history."On Monday, Timothy Aveni announced on Facebook and LinkedIn that he was leaving the company in...…Two crossed lines that form an 'X'. It indicates a way to close an interaction, or dismiss a notification.An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. It often indicates a user profile.Redeem nowGet the latest tech news & scoops — delivered daily to your inbox.Something is loading.A Facebook software engineer in California has publicly resigned over the company's handling of posts from President Donald Trump about the US protests, saying Facebook is "on the wrong side of history."On Monday, Timothy Aveni announced on Facebook and LinkedIn that he was leaving the company in...WW…
