Facebook changing news feed algorithm to reduce ‘negative experiences’ with politics

Published April 22, 2021 4:46pm ET



Facebook announced Thursday that it will change its news feed algorithm to reduce political content, in response to user demands.

“Increasingly, we’re hearing feedback from people that they’re seeing too much content about politics and too many other kinds of posts and comments that detract from their News Feed experience,” Facebook announced in a press release on Thursday.

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