Facebook is to allow users to turn off the algorithm powering its News Feed and control the order items appear amid growing calls for algorithmic transparency. The company will also provide more ...

If Facebook’s algorithms were executives, the public would be demanding their heads on a stick, such was the ugly incompetence on display this week. First, the company admitted a “fail” when its ...

For billions of people around the world, Facebook can be a source for cute baby pictures, vaccine misinformation and everything in between — and all of it surfaces in our feeds with the help of ...

A few months after the Paris attacks by Isis terrorists, Sheryl Sandberg, a senior manager at Facebook, sat down at a warmly-lit gray and blue stage at a conference hall in snow-covered Davos. The ski ...

In the days following the US election, something curious happened on Facebook. As the slow trickle of early results swung decisively in favour of Joe Biden, a New York Times league table of the most ...

When you’re scrolling through a social media website, you may have come across a funny cat video or seen something from a famous comedian. We may decide to comment or share that hilarious footage from ...

Large online platforms like Facebook will have to make the workings of their recommendation algorithms transparent to users. (Picture: Unsplash) The European Union (EU) has agreed on a new law to tame ...

For billions of people around the world, Facebook can be a source for cute baby pictures, vaccine misinformation and everything in between — and all of it surfaces in our feeds with the help of ...