{"id":7005,"date":"2021-02-26T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/facebook-will-temporarily-reduce-visibility-of-political-content-for-some-users\/"},"modified":"2021-02-26T01:00:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-26T01:00:18","slug":"facebook-will-temporarily-reduce-visibility-of-political-content-for-some-users","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/facebook-will-temporarily-reduce-visibility-of-political-content-for-some-users\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Will Temporarily Reduce Visibility Of Political Content For Some Users"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Facebook said Wednesday it will temporarily reduce the visibility of political content for a small percentage of users in Canada, Brazil, Indonesia and the U.S. amid questions about the platform\u2019s ability to moderate hateful content and misinformation, some of which may have played a role in helping to organize the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last month. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had acknowledged recently that people want lesser political content on &#8230; [+] Facebook. Anadolu Agency via Getty Images Key Facts Starting this week, Facebook will temporarily reduce the distribution of political content in the News Feed of a small percentage of users in Canada, Brazil and Indonesia, and in the U.S. in the next few weeks, the company said in a blog post. During this period, Facebook says it plans t&#8230; Click below to read the full story from Forbes<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/siladityaray\/2021\/02\/10\/facebook-will-temporarily-reduce-visibility-of-political-content-for-some-users\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Topline Facebook said Wednesday it will temporarily reduce the visibility of political content for a small percentage of users in Canada, Brazil, Indonesia and the U.S. amid questions about the platform\u2019s ability to moderate hateful content and misinformation, some of which may have played a role in helping to organize the insurrection at the U.S.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":415,"featured_media":7006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[33],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Facebook Will Temporarily Reduce Visibility Of Political Content For Some Users - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/facebook-will-temporarily-reduce-visibility-of-political-content-for-some-users\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Facebook Will Temporarily Reduce Visibility Of Political Content For Some Users - The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Topline Facebook said Wednesday it will temporarily reduce the visibility of political content for a small percentage of users in Canada, Brazil, Indonesia and the U.S. amid questions about the platform\u2019s ability to moderate hateful content and misinformation, some of which may have played a role in helping to organize the insurrection at the U.S.&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/facebook-will-temporarily-reduce-visibility-of-political-content-for-some-users\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2021-02-26T01:00:18+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Siladitya Ray\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\">\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\">\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/\",\"name\":\"The Daily Herald\",\"description\":\"Your Super Aggregated News, Blog &amp; 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