Facebook News, a dedicated section linking to journalism sources, launches in the US, first on mobile, following a limited test that rolled out in October
In addition to all the news content Facebook users post themselves, which is significant, they're launching a dedicated section (accessible under the three-lined “more” menu on mobile). They've got no excuse not to share the revenue of all this eyeball time with news outlets. htt…
@davidlaz
David Lazarus on x
Facebook is the new Fox News
@karissabe
Karissa Bell on x
Facebook's news section is now available to everyone in the US. Not the actual tab though, just a “bookmark.” *Then* if you visit the bookmark enough you might get access to the actual tab... https://www.engadget.com/...
@manjusrii
Belinda Barnet on x
If Facebook even *try* to argue that only 10% of their revenue/traffic is from news content (don't laugh: Google argued exactly this to the ACCC to avoid sharing advertising revenue) I'll launch a campaign