Facebook Algorithm

• Incels are targeting ‘next generation of extremists’ online. Could algorithm reform help?

  Global News is unravelling the many facets of influence social media platforms have — both offline and on — when it comes to the wellbeing of Canadian youth.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2022
  
• What is ‘surveillance capitalism’? What we know, and why it’s raising privacy fears

  So what is surveillance capitalism, why does it impact your personal data, and what can you do about it? Global News spoke to some internet regulation experts to break it down.

  Canada

  Dec 10, 2021
  
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• Facebook failed to stop global spread of abusive content, documents reveal

  Newly released documents show Facebook has been "playing catch up" outside the United States in Canada to combat misinformation is several languages.

  Tech

  Oct 25, 2021
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• Facebook ends six-country test that split news feed in two after negative feedback

  The test began in October and took place in Bolivia, Cambodia, Guatemala, Serbia, Slovakia and Sri Lanka. It quickly affected website traffic for smaller media outlets.

  Politics

  Mar 2, 2018
• Hacked accounts and a lottery win that wasn’t: When Twitter feeds the news cycle

  Here's how social media steered the news cycle this week.

  Jan 20, 2018
• Some Canadian media prepared for Facebook changes, may be ‘devastating’ for others

  The prospect didn't appear to weigh too heavily on Global News, an early and frequent adopter of Facebook as a distribution channel.

  Canada

  Jan 13, 2018
• New York Muslims didn’t burn U.S. flag – cropped photo was from 2012 in Bangladesh

  Fake reports that a New York City mosque burned a U.S. flag to protest Donald Trump are betrayed by the borrowed photos they used.

  Canada

  Jun 10, 2017
• Facebook looks to feed people more personal news

  Facebook has once again tweaked the formula it uses to decide what people will see in their news feed — and this time, it's personal.

  Money

  Jun 29, 2016