Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg reportedly approved a new internal effort to defend the tech giant’s reputation on users’ News Feeds last month, what would be a dramatic shift in policy amid criticism over the spread of misinformation on social media.
The New York Times first reported Tuesday that Zuckerberg signed off on the effort, called Project Amplify, in August. That plan included proposals to elevate positive stories about Facebook on users’ feeds, the site’s most popular section, including posts written by Facebook itself. The publication, citing people familiar with the project, said some top officials at the …
Source: Tech
