Facebook offers real-time feed of user data to online and TV news

Facebook revealed a new tool that enables news organizations to tap into user comments and display them online or on TV in real time.

The social network launched two tools, the Keyword Insights API (application programming interface) and the Public Feed API. The keyword API is also able to display anonymous, aggregated results based on gender, age and location. A TV show can for instance use this option to include how many people on Facebook talked about a topic and show where they are located while showing if it is most popular among men or women and in which age groups..