Add Facebook as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Facebook news, video, and analysis from ABC News. But the latest move represents a major shift, one intended to highlight the posts users are most likely to engage with rather than passively consume. The changes come as the company faces criticism that social media can make people feel depressed and isolated. The move to highlight posts that Facebook considers "meaningful" and reduce the emphasis on others could shrink the social media giant's role as a major news source for many people. Facebook has long been criticized for creating "filter bubbles," the echo chambers of friends and like-minded people whose views are reinforced by their friends' posts on the platform.

Source: ABC News January 12, 2018 01:08 UTC