Facebook Asks Users to Judge Trustworthiness of News Sources
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Facebook Inc., which is cutting the amount of news in its news feed, will prioritize information from the publishers that remain on the social network by measuring how trustworthy they are, the company said.
Trustworthiness is based on a recent survey of U.S. Facebook users that gauged their familiarity with, and trust in, different sources of news. The results will inform the company’s ranking in the news feed, a stream of updates people see when they log in. News sources should also be "informative" and relevant to people’s local communities, the company said in a statement Friday. The move helps Facebook avoid perceptions of bias in selecting what news providers to highlight.