Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources after November’s election, signaling a return to ...

A Facebook algorithm change may have helped boost visibility and engagement to county-level Republican parties across the United States starting in 2018, according to new research by Miami University ...

New research published Thursday attempts to shed light on these questions. Four peer-reviewed studies, appearing in the journals Science and Nature, are the first results of a long-awaited, repeatedly ...

In a 5,000 word post that was first published to Medium, Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, defended the algorithm, arguing that what you see in the News Feed is as much your own ...

If you've been noticing a distinct change in the content you're seeing on Facebook recently, you aren't alone. Several members of the IndyStar newsroom have reported seeing a disproportionate amount ...

Facebook is overhauling its algorithms for removing hate speech, The Washington Post reports, because policies it thought were race-blind were upsetting a lot of black users and employees.

The California State Court of Appeals reversed a decision made in 2020 that stated Facebook was protected from legal action under Section 230. Facebook can be sued over claims its advertising ...

Is Facebook exacerbating America's political divide? Are viral posts, algorithmically ranked feeds, and partisan echo chambers driving us apart? Do conservatives and liberals exist in ideological ...