26-03-2018 15:32 via theverge.com

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 local publishers. Facebook rolled out the change to address criticism from users and media that the platform was getting
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