Facebook is doing its part to combat fake news.The social media platform announced that they are going to start separating it’s news sources by how “trustworthy” its users think they are. This is a major advancement as they continue to come under fire over the spread of misinformation.Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday, via Facebook post, that it is reshaping the method for selecting news to show in its News Feed to prioritise three factors: Whether the news is considered “trustworthy,” whether it is “informative,” and whether it is relevant to user’s local community.“The hard question we’ve struggled with is how to decide what news sources are broadly trusted in a world with so much division. We could try to make that decision ourselves, but that’s not something we’re comfortable with,” the Facebook chairman said. “We considered asking outside experts, which would take the decision out … [Read more...] about Facebook Will Now Ask Users for Input on Trustworthiness of News Sources
Facebook sets first drama series, ‘Sacred Lies’ from Blumhouse Television
Facebook has ordered its first drama series, a half-hour thriller from Blumhouse Television based on a Brothers Grimm story and a contemporary young adult novel.With the working title Sacred Lies, former True Blood executive producer Raelle Tucker and director Scott Winant will serve as executive producers on the 10-episode series.Tucker will also serve as showrunner and adapt the source material, the Grimm tale The Handless Maiden and Stephanie Oakes’ 2015 novel The Sacred Lies Of Minnow Bly. Winant will also direct the first two episodes.Also on board as executive producers on the story – about a teen with no hands who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader – will be Blumhouse Television’s Jason Blum, Marci Wiseman and Jeremy Gold.The project was unveiled at this week’s NATPE television market in Miami by Facebook director of development Ricky Van Veen, who also announced two … [Read more...] about Facebook sets first drama series, ‘Sacred Lies’ from Blumhouse Television
Facebook sets first drama series, ‘Sacred Lies’
Facebook has ordered its first drama series, a half-hour thriller from Blumhouse Television based on a Brothers Grimm story and a contemporary young adult novel.With the working title Sacred Lies, former True Blood executive producer Raelle Tucker and director Scott Winant will serve as executive producers on the 10-episode series.Tucker will also serve as showrunner and adapt the source material, the Grimm tale The Handless Maiden and Stephanie Oakes’ 2015 novel The Sacred Lies Of Minnow Bly. Winant will also direct the first two episodes.Also on board as executive producers on the story – about a teen with no hands who escapes from a cult and finds herself in juvenile detention, suspected of knowing who killed her cult leader – will be Blumhouse Television’s Jason Blum, Marci Wiseman and Jeremy Gold.The project was unveiled at this week’s NATPE television market in Miami by Facebook director of development Ricky Van Veen, who also announced two … [Read more...] about Facebook sets first drama series, ‘Sacred Lies’
Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Prioritize Personal Relationships
Facebook is introducing a significant overhaul to its News Feed that will place a greater emphasis on posts from friends and family in the stream that users see when they log into the social network. The move, announced Thursday, means that articles and videos from brands and publishers will be de-prioritized in the News Feed. "One of our big focus areas for 2018 is making sure the time we all spend on Facebook is time well spent," CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post. He acknowledged that many of Facebook's more than 2 billion monthly active users had expressed frustration over the amount of third-party content they were seeing as they scrolled through their feeds. "We feel a responsibility to make sure our services aren't just fun to use but also good for people's well-being," he added. A big part of the motivation behind the News Feed overhaul is Facebook's effort to refocus on posts that spark "meaningful interactions between people," Zuckerberg noted. He … [Read more...] about Facebook Overhauls News Feed to Prioritize Personal Relationships
Police Department Removes Facebook Post Viewed As Supporting White Nationalism
A police department in New Jersey took down a Facebook post yesterday afternoon which contained a hand gesture seen as racially offensive due to its association with white nationalist movements.The Matawan Police Department (“MPD”) posted a jovial picture of multiple officers posing amidst the blizzard caused by Winter Storm Grayson on Thursday. The caption referred to the officers as “specially trained ‘cuddlers'” who citizens could call on to assist with warmth in the event of a home losing heat.But seemingly lurking beneath the playful atmosphere of the post on the MPD’s typically tongue-in-cheek Facebook page was a hand gesture that’s been identified as code for supporters of the white nationalist movement–an upside “OK” symbol.Internet users were aghast–if not entirely shocked–at the police department’s apparent sanction of white nationalism. And so the complaints poured in. In response to those … [Read more...] about Police Department Removes Facebook Post Viewed As Supporting White Nationalism