Facebook made two key algorithm changes that benefitted specific media outlets and harmed their competitors Conservative publishers have been hit the hardest by the algorithm changes Facebook told TheDCNF it won't identify which outlets it's boosting and which ones it's suppressing.
Within the span of eight days in January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced two different key changes to Facebook's newsfeed algorithm that together have boosted a "Trusted" minority of news outlets while suppressing their competitors.
Facebook has no plans to identify which media outlets it's boosting and which ones it's suppressing, a company spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation on the phone, arguing that releasing the data would provide an incomplete picture of Facebook's newsfeed makeup.
The generic survey doesn't appear to be the final authority on which outlets Facebook considers "Trusted." While speaking at a tech conference in February, Facebook executive Campbell Brown indicated that Facebook would boost "Quality" news sources, even if they didn't have widespread name recognition.
Conservatives essentially have to take Facebook's word for it that they're being treated fairly, since Facebook won't reveal which publishers are considered "Trusted" and which aren't.
Multiple former Facebook employees told Gizmodo in 2016 that Facebook intentionally and consistently suppressed conservative content, and would blacklist conservative figures from the site's "Trending topics" section.
"It's not a coincidence that Facebook's new algorithms have slammed conservative Facebook traffic."
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/22/facebook-newsfeed-suppress-conservatives/
Within the span of eight days in January, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced two different key changes to Facebook's newsfeed algorithm that together have boosted a "Trusted" minority of news outlets while suppressing their competitors.
Facebook has no plans to identify which media outlets it's boosting and which ones it's suppressing, a company spokesperson told The Daily Caller News Foundation on the phone, arguing that releasing the data would provide an incomplete picture of Facebook's newsfeed makeup.
The generic survey doesn't appear to be the final authority on which outlets Facebook considers "Trusted." While speaking at a tech conference in February, Facebook executive Campbell Brown indicated that Facebook would boost "Quality" news sources, even if they didn't have widespread name recognition.
Conservatives essentially have to take Facebook's word for it that they're being treated fairly, since Facebook won't reveal which publishers are considered "Trusted" and which aren't.
Multiple former Facebook employees told Gizmodo in 2016 that Facebook intentionally and consistently suppressed conservative content, and would blacklist conservative figures from the site's "Trending topics" section.
"It's not a coincidence that Facebook's new algorithms have slammed conservative Facebook traffic."
http://dailycaller.com/2018/03/22/facebook-newsfeed-suppress-conservatives/
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