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Facebook to change news feed to promote content by users' friends and family
Published Thu, Jun 30, 2016 · 09:50 PM
San Francisco
FOR years, Facebook has courted publishers of all sizes, asking them to depend more and more on the social media giant to expand their audiences. Now, Facebook has a new message for publishers: Tamp down your expectations.
Facebook said on Wednesday that it planned to make a series of changes to its news feed algorithm so that it will more favourably promote content posted by the friends and family of users.
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