“Facebook plans to announce that it will de-emphasize political posts and current events content in the News Feed based on negative user feedback, Axios has learned. It also plans to expand tests to limit the amount of political content that people see in their News Feeds to more countries outside of the US. These efforts are part of a gradual effort by Facebook to make its users’ experiences less political and contentious” Axios reports.
“Earlier this year, the company began testing limiting political content in News Feeds in the US, Canada, Brazil and Indonesia. In January, it said it would stop providing recommendations for users to join civic and political groups. User feedback showed people liked these changes. Following the 2020 election, Facebook tried to limit the amount of political content users interact with on its platform, but it is still regularly criticized over the amount of political misinformation it distributes.”