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Facebook is starting to share more about what it demotes in News Feed
The way that Facebook controls its News Feed is often controversial and largely opaque to the outside world. Now the company is attempting to shine more light on the content it surpresses but doesn't remove entirely. Facebook published its “Content Distribution Guidelines” detailing the roughly three-dozen types of posts it demotes for various reasons in the News Feed, like clickbait and posts by repeat policy offenders.
Apple won’t let Fortnite back on iOS until the Epic v Apple verdict is final (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 15:30Hundreds of T-Mobile stores will offer repair services starting November 1 (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 16:53T-Mobile is rolling out a new ‘5G UC’ icon for iPhones to tell when you have real 5G (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 16:10Epic has appealed ruling in the Epic v. Apple case (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 16:10Epic v Apple ruling could put a serious dent in Apple’s $19 billion App Store business (Vox)
Submitted by Grace Tepper on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 16:23Eight Things Apple Could Do to Prove it Actually Cares About App Store Users (Vox)
Submitted by benton on Fri, 09/03/2021 - 06:21Democrats push for federal probe of alleged ad collusion between Google and Facebook
Four Democratic members of Congress are calling for an investigation into whether an alleged secret 2018 agreement between Google and Facebook concerning digital advertising violated federal antitrust law. Sen Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Sen Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), Rep Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), and Rep Mondaire Jones (D-NY) wrote a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland and Acting US Attorney General Nicholas Ganjei asking them to determine whether federal charges might be warranted.