

Original reporting plays an important role in informing people around the world, from breaking a news story, to creating an in-depth investigative report, uncovering new facts and data, sharing critical updates in times of crisis, or broadcasting eyewitness reports. These signals are based on user research and were built with feedback from news publishers and academic experts.

Today, we’re updating the way news stories are ranked in News Feed to prioritize original reporting and stories with transparent authorship. When we ask people what kind of news they want to see on Facebook, they continually tell us they want news stories that are credible and informative.

Our Recommendation Guidelines further explain what content is eligible to appear in recommendations.
#FACEBOOK NEWS UPDATE#
Update on Novemat 10:15AM PT: To help you discover credible and informative news, we are now prioritizing original reporting and transparent authorship in the news content we suggest to you in News Feed. These updates will apply to news stories published in English to start. Original reporting includes things like exclusive source materials, significant analysis, new interviews or the creation of original visuals. The more extensive original reporting an article contains, the more distribution it will receive in News Feed. Update on Januat 10:00AM PT : News articles that do not contain new original reporting or analysis will now receive less distribution in News Feed. You can read more about our approach to news here. We’ll continue our efforts to boost quality news by improving more impactful signals. We’re removing this signal because it did not have a significant effect on the news ecosystem. Update on Decemat 9:35 AM PT: Beginning today, we’re no longer using transparent authorship as a signal to rank news content on Facebook.
