People of the UK have started seeing the Facebook News tab, after the US.
The Facebook News tab has rolled out in the UK after six months of operation in the US. Meanwhile, it is starting to look like the platform is pushing gradually to show interest in dealing with the international news market.
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Facebook News Goes Outside the US
Based on an announcement by Facebook in November 2020, the UK is now the first country besides the US to get access to the Facebook News tab on the mobile app. The tab will be officially rolled out in the UK later in January 2021.
Access to Facebook News is presently only through the Facebook mobile app on Android and iOS, and the tab is still absent on PC.
Also, Facebook promises fair compensation for its News Publishers.
Introduction to Facebook News
Facebook News provides a more personalized news experience through an in-app tab on the Facebook mobile app. Users can explore a better range of news based on their interests and it provides news and stories from over 200 trusted sources and pages.
Facebook was reported to be paying UK news organizations to license articles. It partnered national news outlets like Channel 4 News, the Daily Mail Group, Sky News, and more local news outlets like Archant, Iliffe, and JPI Media. Also, it confirmed Cosmopolitan, Glamour, and Vogue as part of its partners in a bid to give more lifestyle-centred news.
How Facebook News Choose Stories for Readers
It doesn’t matter if you follow a publication or not, Facebook might still show news update to you from the News tab if it found the topic to be of interest to you. Facebook collaborated with Upday, another news service to curate the News Feed for readers based on an algorithm that checks whether the article is local, relevant, the time it was posted, and the readers’ interactions with the publisher.
News content is organized on the News Feed in an order of how likely that topic relates to you. The Facebook team diligently provide an approach to carefully select stories just for you.
Can I Trust Facebook News?
Although, misinformation is everywhere and has always been the most dangerous threat on the internet. For the moment, let’s just hope that Facebook News will be a source of the authentic news, even though the news shared on the app are being monitored.
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