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Facebook downs low quality links, to display only informative links

Jul 1, 2017

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A Vice President at Facebook has revealed the social network is making an update to help reduce low quality links in News Feed, saying that “We are always working to improve people’s experience in News Feed by showing more stories that we think people will find informative and entertaining. Facebook VP News Feed, Adam Mosseri,…

Fake social media ‘likes’: Police arrest operators of huge Click Farm

Jun 14, 2017

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Ediri Oyibo

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Three Chinese workers have been arrested at a rented Thailand house for operating a huge click farm and working without a permit. Motherboard reports the gigantic click farm in Thailand is latest to be caught. https://twitter.com/lmatsakis/status/874352947752189952 The click farm had over 500 cell phones and 350,000 SIM cards. The setup also included nine computers and…

Facebook makes further moves to completely kill clickbait

May 18, 2017

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Ediri Oyibo

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Facebook has announced a series of News Feed tweaks to further decrease the reach and prevalence of clickbait on its social network. This is coming after a substantial News Feed update last year that restricted the spread of clickbait and punished publishers who primarily use the tactic to trick users into tapping on a link.…

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Facebook downs low quality links, to display only informative links

Fake social media ‘likes’: Police arrest operators of huge Click Farm

Facebook makes further moves to completely kill clickbait