Facebook's announcement that it was taking steps to crack down on hoaxes and fake news on the platform drew attention to a specific type of fake news ads -- those that masquerade as legitimate news sites. Publishers have long been the victim of such schemes, but they have few options to squash them because of how these ads are served programmatically, and Facebook's response, partly because it's a limited test in the U.S., will only go so far to fix the problem. The post Why Facebook’s fake news measures won’t stamp out imposter publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at 'Digiday'
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Facebook just announced that it will make sweeping changes to the News Feed, the primary place where users find content on the social network. Over the next few months, users will see "more from your friends, family and groups" and " less public cont... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2018-01-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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According to publishing sources, the original Facebook Live deals, which evolved into live and VOD licensing arrangements with 300 video partners, are going away by the end of the year. The post Facebook plans to stop paying publishers to make news feed videos appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook confirmed that it is testing a way for publishers to add a "breaking news" label to their posts. The Next Web director of social media Matt Navarra shared a screenshot of the feature via tweet: NEW: Facebook working on a 'Breaking News' tag for news publishers Pages?... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-11-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Chicago-based news affiliate recently topped a list of news publishers that included Fox News, NPR and the BBC. The post How Fox 32 became the most engaging news publisher on Facebook appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers on Facebook who have complained for years about declining organic reach may look back in the near future and think of these times as the good old days. The social network confirmed that it is testing a division of its News Feed into two separate feeds--one containing posts from... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook Tuesday unveiled its News Feed Publisher Guidelines, a set of best practices. Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri announced the release in a Newsroom post, writing, "We launched the Facebook Journalism Project to collaborate with the news industry in support of an informed community. A... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Antsy publishers are starting to fear for their position within Facebook's powerful News Feed, now that tests have begun pushing their posts to an alternate timeline.On Monday, Facebook acknowledged it was testing a version of the social network overseas where publishers' articles appear in a... Continue reading at Advertising Age
[ Advertising Age | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook came under fire after it admitted that it published 3,000 Russian-linked advertisements designed to influence the US Presidential Election. Those ads pointed to Pages that trafficked in fake news, which has been one of the social network's b... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-10-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Nine days after Facebook Inc. Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg dismissed as "crazy" the idea that fake news on his company's social network played a key role in the U.S.’s November election, then-President Obama pulled aside the youthful tech billionaire and delivered what he hoped would be a... Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2017-09-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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It was only a few minutes after my imaginary Trump supporter “Todd White” began exploring Facebook that he learned filmmaker Michael Moore was staging a coup d’etat against president-elect Donald Trump. Todd also learned that Trump won the popular vote. And that there were people paid to protest... Continue reading at PC World
[ PC World | 2017-09-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook has begun implementing a new feature that can prevent fake news from making it on the social network. It has started killing non-publisher Pages' ability to edit the link previews that appear on the website when they post a story, including... Continue reading at Engadget
[ Engadget | 2017-07-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook's ongoing battle against fake news continues, and the social network has a new weapon in its arsenal. To cut down on the amount of spam and fake news appearing in News Feeds, users who post a lot each day will have their visibility reduced. The thinking behind this is that there are... Continue reading at Betanews
[ Betanews | 2017-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The software-development kit for Facebook's Instant Articles media-rich, quick-loading stories from publishers now supports Google AMP, and the social network said support for Apple News is on the way. Partner engineering director Piyush Mangalick said in a Facebook Media blog post that an... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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In the wake of a flood of recent changes to Facebook's News Feed algorithm aimed at drowning out fake news and clickbait, the social network threw a lifeline to potentially overwhelmed publishers. Vice president of News Feed Adam Mosseri shared some "basic guideposts" for publishers looking to... Continue reading at AdWeek
[ AdWeek | 2017-05-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Following pressure from users, the social network introduced tools to stem the spread of false information. But the rollout has been rocky at bestWhen Facebook’s new fact-checking system labeled a Newport Buzz article as possible “fake news”, warning users against sharing it, something... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Louise Mensch is among a number of bloggers offering a mix of true and inaccurate stories, forcing readers to discern for truth for themselvesThe need for vigilance in distinguishing real journalism from “fake news” has become well established since Donald Trump was elected with help from bogus... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Imagine the forecasters are right, and that print will die and social media rises to domination. What would the 2042 general election be like then?It was the week when the fake news furore went legacy-viral. Facebook bought full-page print ads in national dailies featuring 10 tips for spotting... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-05-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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When Fast Company first wrote about Mark Zuckerberg, in the spring of 2007, he was just 22 years old and his young company, Facebook, had just 19 million users. Our magazine cover line, “The Kid Who Turned Down $1 Billion,” seems almost quaint in hindsight, given Facebook’s $400 billion market... Continue reading at Fast Company
[ Fast Company | 2017-04-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Facebook’s 2017 plans include buying original shows and rolling out a mid-roll ad product for media partners. But some news publishers feel like these initiatives won’t help them. The post Facebook’s latest video shift irks news publishers appeared first on Digiday. Continue reading at Digiday
[ Digiday | 2017-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Media outlets published video of cyclist responding to catcallers without checking its authenticity. The race for clicks is undermining claims people should trust the newsEven as the media continues to take Facebook to task over its fake news problem, many parts of the news business are doing... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2017-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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