Facebook Looks for New Approaches to the Fake News Problem
Merriam-Webster’s word of the year for 2016 was “surreal.” The Oxford English Dictionary went with “post-truth.” The Australian Macquarie Dictionary settled on “fake news.” No matter what term social media app developers prefer to use to define it, 2016 was the year that the conspiracies, propaganda, and outright hooey that used to be the purview […]
Facebook Mobile App Developers Testing Topical News Feeds
The mobile app development team at Facebook is in the news again this week as users notice an intriguing new feature rolling out: multiple, topical news feeds. Similar to the special interest feeds launched on the web app last fall and the standalone Facebook Paper app, the new feature will allow users to toggle between […]