More From Livemint »Facebook said the change would reduce the influence of a “tiny group” of people it has identified who share vast amounts of low-quality public posts daily. Only about 0.1% of people who share more than 50 posts a day fall into that category, the company said. Ahead of the 8 November US presidential election, Facebook users saw false news reports saying Pope Francis endorsed Donald Trump and that a federal agent who had been investigating Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton was found dead. Facebook, which has 2 billion monthly active users, frequently tweaks the computer code behind the News Feed. In May, Facebook announced a change that would give lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying ads.

Source: Mint July 01, 2017 07:30 UTC