Malaysia’s government has introduced a sweeping “anti-fake news” bill that critics say could stifle criticism of Prime Minister Najib Razak before a national election later this year. The Wall Street Journal reports that the law would ban “any news, information, data and reports which are wholly or partly false, whether in the form of features, visuals … [Read more...] about Malaysia proposes sweeping ‘fake news’ law, including fines and prison for offenders
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Facebook’s switch to prioritizing local news has expanded to all countries and languages
Facebook has announced that it’s rolling out more local news on users’ feeds through a tweak to its algorithms. The change was initially only in the US beginning in January, but today, Facebook is expanding its efforts to all countries and languages. It’s an effort to try to promote less content from global publishers and prioritize content from more relevant … [Read more...] about Facebook’s switch to prioritizing local news has expanded to all countries and languages
Facebook’s focus on local news goes global
The timing of this announcement probably isn't a coincidence. The social network is currently mired in a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, which is a data company that mined the Facebook profiles of over 50 million people without consent. It's understandable that the company would want to release some good news to take some of the pressure off.This move to highlight more … [Read more...] about Facebook’s focus on local news goes global
Facebook expands its local news prioritization efforts globally
As Facebook continues to fire-fight the fallout from the data harvesting exploits of Cambridge Analytica, the social network giant is getting back to basics today with the global expansion of an algorithm update it hopes will help foster a stronger community spirit among its users. Back in January the company announced it would begin prioritizing news that emanates from local … [Read more...] about Facebook expands its local news prioritization efforts globally
Cryptocurrency News March 22 – futute man
What even is this article Finding this MarketWatch article a bit puzzling, in that it’s about a potentially very funny topic (people who think Bitcoin can make them gazillionaires and getting mad) but it’s also very short and doesn’t really go into detail beyond people complaining a lot based on a study by a site called “ValuePenguin”(?). … [Read more...] about Cryptocurrency News March 22 – futute man