As of May 2026, the social media landscape has fractured into three parallel distribution systems on Facebook, each with its own ranking logic, while niche platforms are rewarding hyper-specific ...

What changed: Facebook now prioritizes sustained attention, original content, and meaningful interactions over quick, low-quality engagement. Why it matters: AI-driven feeds show more unconnected ...

Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it. Katelyn is a reporter with CNET covering artificial ...

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Meta has revealed its latest plans to improve Facebook's experience which will start with how its algorithm works, particularly as the company has revealed that it will incorporate user controls and ...

SAN FRANCISCO — The algorithms powering Facebook and Instagram, which drive what billions of people see on the social networks, have been in the crosshairs of lawmakers, activists and regulators for ...

Is Facebook exacerbating America's political divide? Are viral posts, algorithmically ranked feeds, and partisan echo chambers driving us apart? Do conservatives and liberals exist in ideological ...

New research published Thursday attempts to shed light on these questions. Four peer-reviewed studies, appearing in the journals Science and Nature, are the first results of a long-awaited, repeatedly ...