Face it, Mr Zuckerberg, you’re a news editor too
Anyone who decides to run or pull a difficult story from their website, like the Vietnamese girl fleeing napalm, is not just a technologist: he’s a publisher
‘Facebook needs an editor’: media experts urge change after photo dispute
Controversy over a censored Vietnam war photo highlights concerns over the social network’s vital – if reluctant – role as users’ primary news source
Facebook deletes Norwegian PM’s post as ‘napalm girl’ row escalates
Erna Solberg shared photo that had resulted in writer and newspaper falling foul of social media giant’s rules
The realisation that Facebook can censor comes too late to publishers
It’s understandable that independent news organisations hate being censored but automation in news only looks certain to continue
Mark Zuckerberg accused of abusing power after Facebook deletes ‘napalm girl’ post
Norway’s largest newspaper published a front-page letter to the Facebook CEO lambasting the company’s decision to censor a photograph of the Vietnam war
A day with Facebook’s trending topics: celebrity birthdays and Pokémon Go
From a hurricane to Brock Turner’s release, a lot happened last week. But Facebook calculated that a celebrity losing some weight was more important
What the great and the good have to say about journalism…
Broughton, Bryne, Leslie and Unsworth head up autumn media events
How publishers are turning up the heat in the ad-blocking war
From hiding every third word to making content inaccessible, publishers are trying harder than ever to encourage readers to stop using ad blockers
Publishers must let online readers pay for news anonymously
Some newspaper and magazine websites are cutting off access to readers unless they accept being surveilled by advertisers – no thank you!
Mobile phone networks should not block adverts, says EU
Regulatory body Berec issues guidelines that could benefit publishers struggling with commercial effects of ad-blocking
In firing human editors, Facebook has lost the fight against fake news
It took only two days for an algorithm to highlight a fake story about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly. Facebook’s influence on news dissemination makes such mistakes arguably irresponsible
Why media commentary is so crucial when opinions displace facts
The rise of social media has not cured the problem of mainstream media spin
Facebook and other platforms ‘will rob UK news industry of £450m by 2026’
Newspapers and other publishers have yet to feel full impact of young people’s shift to using social media for news, report says
City analyst to advertisers: fall in love with newspapers again
Lorna Tilbian calls for media buyers to give ‘serious thought’ to taking space in newsprint papers because ‘the pendulum has swung too far away from print’
Twitter vows to act more swiftly after banning Leslie Jones abuser
Twitter bars Milo Yiannopoulos for good after Jones quit the network following tweets that left her in ‘personal hell’