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Facebook Canada has launched a new fact-checking program aimed at helping combat fake news from spreading. . The initiative is a collaboration with Agence France-Presse (AFP) whose Canada-based fact-checkers will review news stories on Facebook in English and French and rate their accuracy. News stories flagged on Facebook will be reviewed by AFP who will check facts and rate their accuracy. Placing false stories lower in News Feed. MORE
Facebook has announced that its dedicated News tab is coming to users in the UK in January MORE
Last week, Facebook announced that they are going to update its News Feed to display more “high quality content” that is relevant for the users. Only three weeks ago, Facebook introduced an update to the news feed that allows organic stories to appear near the top of the News Feed if the stories are still getting likes and comments, as this improves the experience of the news feed. Think about, “Would my audience want to see this in their News Feeds?”. MORE
The latest 'News Consumption Across Social Media' report from Pew Research highlights how Americans use social platforms for news content MORE
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To Combat False News, Correct After Reading. Study shows people are influenced more by fact-checks after they read news headlines, not before. The paper, “ Timing Matters When Correcting Fake News ,” appears this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. MORE
Facebook is giving users some new, simple options to sort their order in which content is presented in their News Feed MORE
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Twitter has acquired news content subscription platform Scroll, which includes Twitter analysis platform Nuzzel, as it continues to develop its new subscription tools MORE
LinkedIn has re-branded its editorial team in an effort to better represent its evolving mission to connect its users with relevant information MORE
The majority of public relations professionals predict that in just five years the average person will not be able to distinguish between news stories and advertising copy, and what’s more, most people won’t even care. Fighting fake news. Clearly the PR profession is really worried about the viability of real news media. People are demanding transparency and accountabilty of their news sources (and count Facebook among them). MORE
Facebook Foxes. Facebook is cracking down on violent, sexist content in response to an open letter issued last week by Women, Action & the Media (WAM). The group demanded that Facebook add gender-based hate speech to its list of forbidden content. The social network has today agreed to add gender-based hate to its list of unacceptable content and has committed to ridding its site of it and is updating its guidelines to training moderators. MORE
I visited Mark Sutcliffe for the PowerLunch at 1310 News last week and enjoyed connecting with him and Kurt Stoodley, broadcaster and real estate professional. The post 1310 News Powerlunch: Will Ottawa support the Sens this season? Ottawa 1310 News Ottawa newsWe discussed the potential for reinstating weekly garbage collection Ottawa. The three of us talked about which issues would most help Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in the next federal election. MORE
Facebook says that Australian users will now be restricted from sharing news content in response to the Australian Government's new media bargaining laws MORE
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The Sun’s 24-hour news service’s current predicament is excellent news for Canadians, thanks to the CRTC’s decision against mandatory distribution. Sun News Network (Photo credit: Wikipedia). The fact that we are even discussing Canadian television news has got to be a good thing. We need better access to news; we need better news services, period. I think Canada’s TV news can do better. MORE
Facebook's testing a new set of ad placement tools to help brands avoid negative association within News Feeds MORE
Facebook News, Facebook's curated and personalized news tab in the native app, has officially launched in the UK MORE
Google is now using machine learning to group top media stories in Google Search and has implemented carousels to improve search relevance and make news easy to access. Searchers now see a carousel of articles at the top of the search results highlighting relevant news. MORE
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This is what Thoreau wrote in 1854: I don’t learn anything in the news. I’ve observed over the years that “breaking news” tends to be sensationalist and non-informative. Related Stories The Magazines are Coming How I Consume the News Facebook, LinkedIn, and Me. MORE
Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News. This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. The new Google News: AI meets human intelligence. Google is rolling out an all new Google News, which uses the best of artificial intelligence to find the best of human intelligence—the great reporting done by journalists around the globe. MORE
Facebook has announced a new News Feed algorithm update to help boost original news reporting, and improve the flow of quality information through its network MORE
Facebook's Content Distribution Guidelines provide more insight into the types of posts and providers Facebook seeks to limit in News Feeds MORE
Pew Research has published its latest study into social media news consumption, which underlines the significant role that social apps now play in distributing critical information MORE
Facebook has taken the drastic step of banning news content in the Australian market. Was that the right move for the platform MORE
Facebook has launched the first stage of its new dedicated News tab, which will help users find more relevant, trustworthy news content on the platform MORE
A couple of weeks back Ottawa saw the launch of a new local community newspaper, Capital City News. News (Photo credit: Wikipedia). I counted one news story, five news in briefs, one sports story among all the PR stories and advertisements. Decoding the News: Bias in Newspapers (theconservativeidealist.com). Produced by Sun Media as a grass roots publication, the newspaper is published in weekly neighbourhood variants across the region. MORE
Top 5 must-know social media news for the week includes stories about a new Messenger, Soundcloud’s Instagram integration, YouTube’s changed engagement metrics, the fight against fake news and Snapchat’s power with youth demographics. New research: Facebook is successfully tackling fake news. Three new, independent research reports indicate that Facebook is successfully tackling the fake news problem. MORE
A former Facebook employee has provided new insights into how the platform approaches divisive content, and the impacts that can have on society MORE
Learn how the news feed uses our activity to predict what we want to see and more Facebook takes us on a tour of the master AI system built to keep us scrolling. MORE
Facebook has launched a new News Feed control option, which makes it easier to switch to different feed display listings MORE
Facebook has responded to the Australian Government's proposed regulatory reform which seeks to make Googe and Facebook pay news publishers for use of their content MORE
This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. COO Sheryl Sandberg has unveiled five new ways Facebook will address issues of privacy and fake news. More insight makes for smarter use of this important news distribution tool. MORE
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JUNE 29, 2018
Facebook Canada has launched a new fact-checking program aimed at helping combat fake news from spreading. . The initiative is a collaboration with Agence France-Presse (AFP) whose Canada-based fact-checkers will review news stories on Facebook in English and French and rate their accuracy. News stories flagged on Facebook will be reviewed by AFP who will check facts and rate their accuracy. Placing false stories lower in News Feed.
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Last week, Facebook announced that they are going to update its News Feed to display more “high quality content” that is relevant for the users. Only three weeks ago, Facebook introduced an update to the news feed that allows organic stories to appear near the top of the News Feed if the stories are still getting likes and comments, as this improves the experience of the news feed. Think about, “Would my audience want to see this in their News Feeds?”.
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Facebook has announced the next expansion of its dedicated news tab
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The Sun’s 24-hour news service’s current predicament is excellent news for Canadians, thanks to the CRTC’s decision against mandatory distribution. Sun News Network (Photo credit: Wikipedia). The fact that we are even discussing Canadian television news has got to be a good thing. We need better access to news; we need better news services, period. I think Canada’s TV news can do better.
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This week’s top 5 must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals see a lot of good work by both Google and Facebook in the effort to improve the quality of news and reporting. Google to tell us the good news for once. Tell me something good” is a new experimental feature that delivers a daily dose of good news. Finally, some good news! Twitter struggles with Fake News issue.
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This is what Thoreau wrote in 1854: I don’t learn anything in the news. I’ve observed over the years that “breaking news” tends to be sensationalist and non-informative. Related Stories The Magazines are Coming How I Consume the News Facebook, LinkedIn, and Me.
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Facebook has announced that its dedicated News tab is coming to users in the UK in January
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Facebook Foxes. Facebook is cracking down on violent, sexist content in response to an open letter issued last week by Women, Action & the Media (WAM). The group demanded that Facebook add gender-based hate speech to its list of forbidden content. The social network has today agreed to add gender-based hate to its list of unacceptable content and has committed to ridding its site of it and is updating its guidelines to training moderators.
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Twitter is launching a new, paid weather news service called 'Tomorrow', its first step into subscription newsletter content
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This week’s must-know social media news for marketing and communications professionals includes headlines about Facebook’s attempt to clean up, support for journalism from Twitter and Google, the continuing importance of links in SEO and some new, clever features from LinkedIn. COO Sheryl Sandberg has unveiled five new ways Facebook will address issues of privacy and fake news. More insight makes for smarter use of this important news distribution tool.
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OCTOBER 25, 2019
Facebook has launched the first stage of its new dedicated News tab, which will help users find more relevant, trustworthy news content on the platform
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MAY 4, 2021
Twitter has acquired news content subscription platform Scroll, which includes Twitter analysis platform Nuzzel, as it continues to develop its new subscription tools
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In this article, we explain how to monitor the news and media outlets with Awario. We go through reputation management, PR activities, and audience analysis and give tips to boost your PR strategy
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When the pandemic began — and even before that when people ran amok and didn’t know what to do — I actively consumed the news. No more news channels. In time, and on my own terms, I gradually reintroduced the news.
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APRIL 10, 2019
This week’s top five social media news for marketers and PR pros! SS: Any plan to reduce Twitter spam and noise is good news. The post Top Five: The news Facebook tributes tool appeared first on Sherrilynne Starkie. Learn about great podcasts, Reddit ads, Snapchat’s new features, Facebook tributes and Twitter’s fight on spammers. 20 Marketing Podcasts You should be listening to.
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To Combat False News, Correct After Reading. Study shows people are influenced more by fact-checks after they read news headlines, not before. The paper, “ Timing Matters When Correcting Fake News ,” appears this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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MAY 9, 2018
Top Five Social Media Must Knows: The new Google News. This week's top 5 social media must-knows include Hootsuite and Pinterest, Google News and AI, New Buttons for Instagram, Facebook user loyalty and new features from WhatsApp. The new Google News: AI meets human intelligence. Google is rolling out an all new Google News, which uses the best of artificial intelligence to find the best of human intelligence—the great reporting done by journalists around the globe.
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MARCH 31, 2021
Facebook has launched a new News Feed control option, which makes it easier to switch to different feed display listings
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OCTOBER 4, 2021
A former Facebook employee has provided new insights into how the platform approaches divisive content, and the impacts that can have on society
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AUGUST 31, 2020
Facebook has responded to the Australian Government's proposed regulatory reform which seeks to make Googe and Facebook pay news publishers for use of their content
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OCTOBER 1, 2020
Google has announced a new $1 billion investment in partnerships with news publishers
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JANUARY 12, 2021
Pew Research has published its latest study into social media news consumption, which underlines the significant role that social apps now play in distributing critical information
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Learn how the news feed uses our activity to predict what we want to see and more Facebook takes us on a tour of the master AI system built to keep us scrolling.
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MAY 14, 2020
LinkedIn has re-branded its editorial team in an effort to better represent its evolving mission to connect its users with relevant information
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FEBRUARY 17, 2021
Facebook says that Australian users will now be restricted from sharing news content in response to the Australian Government's new media bargaining laws
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APRIL 14, 2012
A couple of weeks back Ottawa saw the launch of a new local community newspaper, Capital City News. News (Photo credit: Wikipedia). I counted one news story, five news in briefs, one sports story among all the PR stories and advertisements. Decoding the News: Bias in Newspapers (theconservativeidealist.com). Produced by Sun Media as a grass roots publication, the newspaper is published in weekly neighbourhood variants across the region.
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The video provides a good overview of the fundamentals of Facebook's feed ranking process
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OCTOBER 21, 2020
Facebook is giving users some new, simple options to sort their order in which content is presented in their News Feed
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