Reuters has launched a new fact-checking initiative aimed at identifying misinformation on social media, in partnership with Facebook’s Third-Party Fact-Checking Program. The new unit will verify content posted on Facebook and Instagram. It will...
Facebook has announced a new investment schedule worth $700,000 to various news organizations across the country, reports Axios. Last year, the tech giant had announced plans to provide its users with more local news....
Facebook is planning to finance a course on manipulated media and deep fakes for newsrooms, reports Axios. The course has been developed by Reuters and Facebook is funding it as part of its Facebook...
Facebook has announced it will finance the operational costs of a new and independent oversight board with initial funding of $130 million. The new project will act as a filter deciding whether individual pieces...
The Barclay brothers bought the Telegraph in 2004 and accumulated a readership audience of almost 1 million people. At the same time, a Harvard undergraduate, Mark Zuckerberg had recently changed the name of his...
Campbell Brown, head of news partnerships, Facebook, is actively defending the company’s decision to include sites like Breitbart in the recently launched News Tab, reports Business Insider. “I believe that in building out a...
Since its launch 15 years ago, Facebook has continued to eat a big chunk of news organizations advertising revenue. Also, the tech giant has courted these organizations for video projects and then pulled back...
Facebook is planning to make a big announcement regarding giving support to news and journalism, says, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO Facebook, according to reports. Zuckerberg, appearing at a congressional hearing on its digital coin Libra,...
On Wednesday, Mark Zuckerberg conceded that a situation might develop in which Facebook would have to re-think its involvement in its Libra, cryptocurrency project. If the project did not receive U.S. regulatory approval, Facebook...
J.P. Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs have declined Facebook’s invitation to join Libra. The refusal comes amid worries that cryptocurrency could be used to violate money laundering and sanctions laws. The news was reported...
