Facebook starts offering ``Facebook News'' in the UK, which takes over the payment of paid news and publishes articles for free, following the US
On January 26, 2021, Facebook launched ` `Facebook News '' in the UK, a service that delivers personalized news to each user. The UK will be the second country to introduce the service after it was launched in the US in August 2020.
A New Destination for News in the UK - About Facebook
Facebook's News tab comes to UK in first launch outside of the US - The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/1/25/22248814/facebook-news-uk-launch-articles-tab-curated
Facebook News can be used from the Facebook app distributed for Android and iOS. In addition to hundreds of news media including The Guardian and The Independent , lifestyle media such as GQ and Cosmopolitan are also selected as news sources.
Some publishers will be paid content usage fees by Facebook, and a Facebook spokesperson said, ``We plan to make significant investments in publishers over several years.'' As a result, paid articles that would normally be blocked by a paywall and cannot be read by users will be published for free on Facebook News. Facebook refuses to comment on the specific budget amount, but The Guardian reports that some publishers believe it is in the millions of pounds (tens of billions of yen) annually.
The news will be displayed as a mix of personalized news and news carefully selected by Facebook's 'team of journalists.' Personalization is done based on other news that the user has read or shared, and it is also possible to select topics and news sources individually and select ``Do not display again''.
From the movie below, you can see how you are actually operating Facebook News.
Facebook News is also scheduled to be rolled out in France and Germany in the future, and Facebook concludes by saying, ``We will continue to prepare the environment for the publishing industry as it transitions to digital.''
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