Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook developing ranking system for news outlet trustworthiness

Published May 2, 2018 3:10am ET



Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed Tuesday that the social media platform has started developing a system to rank news organizations for their trustworthiness.

The hierarchy will be decided by user surveys to conclude which outlets are “broadly trusted,” Zuckerberg said in a meeting with media executives following his keynote address at Facebook’s F8 developer conference Tuesday, according to BuzzFeed News.

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