Facebook considering hiring editors to pick quality news for users
by Jim Waterson from Technology | The Guardian on (#4C8KK)
Mark Zuckerberg also said he is weighing up paying publishers for use of their journalism
Facebook could start employing editors to select "high-quality news" to show to users, in the social network's latest attempt to lose its reputation as a source for disinformation.
Mark Zuckerberg said he is considering the introduction of a dedicated news section on the social network, which could use either humans or algorithms to chose stories from outlets that are "broadly trusted" by society.
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