Facebook news selection is in hands of editors not algorithms, documents show

Exclusive: Leaked internal guidelines show human intervention at almost every stage of its news operation, akin to a traditional media organizationLeaked documents show how Facebook, now the biggest news distributor on the planet, relies on old-fashioned news values on top of its algorithms to determine what the hottest stories will be for the 1 billion people who visit the social network every day.The documents, given to the Guardian, come amid growing concerns over how Facebook decides what is