Facebook is going to start surveying users to determine trustworthy news sources

Facebook is going to start surveying users to determine trustworthy news sources

6 years ago
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https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/19/16911284/facebook-news-sources-trustworthiness-survey-users-news-feed

Today, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the second part of the company’s plan to fix the News Feed, and it includes improving the quality and trustworthiness of news sources by surveying the social network’s community.

The system will work through Facebook’s existing quality surveys, with users now getting asked about whether or not they’re familiar with the source and if they trust it. According to Zuckerberg, Facebook considered making the decision on news sources itself or consulting outside experts, but ultimately felt that going to the community would be the most “objective” method of determining which news sources are most broadly trusted.