Virtual reality 360-pics to hit your Facebook news feed 'in coming weeks'
Russia Today - Put your phone's camera on standby, because Facebook is about to roll out a 360-degree photographic feature, opening a door for everyone to share moments in orb-like grandeur.
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Nasdaq - Shutterstock photo By Deepa Seetharaman Facebook Inc. is largely ruled by algorithms. But ultimately people must make judgments about what to show its 1.6 billion users, and how. That mutual...
View ArticleHow Facebook decides what appears on your news feed
UK Independent - The site's algorithms are intended to be neutral, but they can inadvertently be as biased as the humans who designed them
View ArticleWhy Facebook Has Become a Trending Topic
Fortune - The news-feed ranking algorithm is an editorial device, whether Facebook likes it or not.
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MSN - Facebook is defending itself against allegations that its curators manipulated the Trending Topics news feed to exclude politically conservative stories on the social network. Here are four...
View ArticleFacebook is fully capable of inserting bias into your news feed
Atlanta Journal-Constitution - Facebook says it didn't suppress conservative news outlets, but if it wanted to, it could.
View ArticleLeaked documents show how Facebook editors were told to run Trending Topics
The Verge - Facebook gave editors broad leeway in choosing topics for its Trending Topics system, according to internal documents obtained by The Guardian. The new documents show the precise...
View ArticleLeaked docs show FACEBOOK relies on 'editor judgment' for news feed...
Drudge Report - Exclusive: Leaked internal guidelines show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation, akin to a traditional media organization
View ArticleLeaked Facebook Training Manual Confirms Allegations Of Conservative News...
Zero Hedge - It's turning out to be a bad week for Facebook. As we reported earlier, it was learned that Facebook's news feed routinely suppressed conservative news. Now, Recode is reporting that...
View ArticleMore Bad News For Facebook
Huffington Post - Another day, another controversy for Facebook. A new report published by the Guardian Thursday states in no uncertain terms that the social network relies on "human intervention at...
View ArticleFocus at Four: Facebook under fire for choosing "trending" topics
KBTX CBS Bryan - Internal documents detailing how Facebook employees choose what 'trends' on your News Feed are raising controversy.
View ArticleWhat Others Say: News censorship trending on Facebook
Athens Banner Herald - Opinion What Others Say: News censorship trending on Facebook (The Orange County Register) By The Orange County Registerpublished Thursday, May 12, 2016 The following editorial...
View ArticleMuslim lynch mob 'chases Christians from homes' demanding they convert to Islam
Daily Express - CHRISTIANS in Pakistan have been driven from their homes by a lynch mob of Muslim extremists after Imams issued a fatwa against one of their number over a Facebook video that appeared...
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Greenwich Time - Disney has a new robot that's so precise it can thread a needle. Looking for the latest headlines in small business, innovation and tech? Wendy's customers should expect to see more...
View ArticleHuman touch a large part of Facebook's news feed
Smart Brief - Facebook has been accused of suppressing conservative-leaning news. While the social network denies that, the episode highlights the company's continuing reliance on human editors to...
View ArticleClick'd: Being a better news consumer
Rutland Herald - Previously, Ive talked about the informational echo chambers we create on our personal social media networks. We tend to follow things that reinforce our worldview and filter out...
View ArticleFacebook's news feed algorithm is so mysterious, users are developing "folk...
Quartz - Do you know why this post is appearing in your News Feed?
View ArticleALGORITHMS with AGENDAS Facebook's sway on everyone
Barre Montpelier Times Argus - Facebook is the worlds most influential source of news.Thats true according to every available measure of size the billion-plus people who devour its News Feed every...
View ArticleFears of Facebook Bias Seem to Be Overblown
Wall Street Journal - Questions about a Facebook bias should focus on the service's news feed, rather than its trending topics, writes Keywords columnist Christopher Mims. Buts fears seem to be...
View ArticleMorning News Feed: Top talkers for May 16, 2016
WKYC NBC Cleveland - May 16, 2016: WKYC's Maureen Kyle delivers a dose of today's top talkers. Follow @MaureenKyle on Twitter for loads more daily news updates.
View ArticleFacebook's Zuckerberg sets up big meeting over news feed flap
Digital Trends - Facebook says that CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be meeting this week with about a dozen conservative figures to talk about the news feed content situation. Plus, Starbreeze VR system gets...
View ArticleYoung shoppers are not happy with targeted ads
Business Insider - BII This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "E-Commerce Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Brands are scrambling to get targeted ads onto...
View ArticleInstagram rolling out non-chronological feed in the US
Phandroid - Last week, Instagram introduced a whole new "look" for their app which included a simple, grey-scale UI and incredibly loud pink icon for your home screen. We were less than enthused about...
View ArticleFacebook is expanding its advertising platform (FB)
Business Insider - BII This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Facebook's mobile ad platform, known as Facebook...
View ArticleWhy it's funny Republicans are upset with Facebook
San Francisco Chronicle - America's right wing is in a froth following allegations that Facebook has tweaked its "trending news" feed to reduce the visibility of conservative news sites. Nonetheless,...
View ArticleBehind Facebook's trending news feed, a deeper flaw
Christian Science Monitor - Most of the analysis of Facebook's news bias is missing the point. The ideas inherent in 'trending news' are problematic.
View ArticleCensoring Conservative Individuals -- Not Just Media...
Drudge Report - The liberal media are all over one part of the Facebook scandal story - and ignoring another. Generally, media have covered the accusations that the social media site is censoring...
View ArticleOur Collective Remembrance-Day Scar
Times of Israel - A week ago, on Remembrance Day, my Facebook news feed filled up with photos of fathers, husbands, brothers and......
View ArticleWhat if Facebook Gave Us
Wall Street Journal - Facebook's News Feed is an echo chamber of one's own viewpoints in the 2016 presidential campaign. Would an opposing-viewpoints button help burst what Eli Pariser calls the...
View ArticleWhat if Facebook Gave Us An Opposing-Viewpoints Button?
Nasdaq - Shutterstock photo By Geoffrey A. Fowler Imagine if you could flip a switch on Facebook, and turn all the conservative viewpoints that you see liberal, or vice versa. You'd realize your news...
View ArticleAmericans don't want the government regulating Facebook despite...
Daily Dot - Don't tread on my News Feed.
View ArticleMark Zuckerberg to Hold Meeting With Conservatives Amid Criticism
ABC News - A select group of conservatives will meet Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg this afternoon at the social media's headquarters in California in an effort to calm the waters after allegations...
View ArticleHow the Facebook News editorial process really works: An inside look
TechRepublic - A Facebook News staffer explains how the editorial process works, describes the labor conditions, and responds to allegations of News Feed bias.
View ArticleMedia Ignoring a MAJOR Part of the Facebook Scandal
NewsBusters - The liberal media are all over one part of the Facebook scandal story - and ignoring another. Generally, media have covered the accusations that the social media site is censoring...
View ArticleFacebook meeting attendee on what to expect
CNBC - Discussion on the meeting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will have regarding allegations claiming that curators of the website's highly trafficked "news feed" had deliberately censored certain...
View ArticleI Eat La.: Tricks take old favorites cornbread, fish filets to new levels
Baton Rouge Advocate - With all the examples of culinary creativity that flood my inbox and news feed every day, sometimes I feel like I have to push the menu envelope and take basic
View ArticleThis Interactive Tool Shows How Your News Feed Can Become Politically Biased
Lifehacker - We all choose to follow the news outlets we like the best. To an extent, that's natural. However, as this interactive tool points out, it can be all too easy to slip into an echo chamber...
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New York Jewish Week - You've probably seen these videos pop up when scrolling through your Facebook news feed: "Insane wedding toast" or, "You'll never believe how this groom surprised his bride!"...
View ArticleFacebook tests customizable news feed categories
The Next Web - If your Facebook news feed is feeling a bit cluttered these days, you wouldn't be the first to think so. In fact, it seems Facebook might make it possible
View ArticleFacebook Is Slowly Pushing Custom News Feed Categories
AndroidHeadlines.com - On any social network, it's fairly easy to get lost. You may curate your own content by generating a list of followed, friended and liked entities and peop
View ArticleSnapchat moves to help publishers not on Discover
Business Insider - This story was delivered to BI Intelligence "Digital Media Briefing" subscribers. To learn more and subscribe, please click here. Snapchat is reportedly working on introducing a new...
View ArticleFacebook is planning to change up your news feed AGAIN
UK Daily Mirror - A customisable news feed is rumoured to be coming that lets you separate updates into different categories
View ArticleFacebook is about to make the biggest change to the news feed since it launched
UK Independent - Facebook is testing potentially the biggest change to its news feed since it launched. The site is planning to split the feeds up into separate topics, according to screenshots that...
View ArticleNational Rifle Association Denies Guardian US Entry To Annual Convention
Huffington Post - The National Rifle Association denied press credentials to the Guardian US to cover its annual convention in Louisville, Kentucky, apparently over a restriction on foreign media...
View ArticleBreak me out of LinkedIn prison
Metafilter - I want to delete my LinkedIn account. I'm tired of it, the security breaches, the spam, the shady practices of gobbling phone contacts, the spying, and the horrible no good worthless "news...
View ArticleFake Products For Cat Lovers: Woah There, Cat Person! The Catterbox Isn't...
Inquisitr - Fake products for cat lovers are a thing. In case you missed this here's the scenario: You're reading your news feed on Facebook or your Twitter and someone
View ArticleTakeaway from Facebook's Trending Topics
Youngstown Vindicator - Over the past week, Facebook was the center of controversy regarding its purported manipulation of the Trending Topics section.At issue was a report published on tech blog...
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