Facebook asks European users which news sources they trust

As a part of its fight agains­t false inform­ation on the platfo­rmLONDON: Facebook is asking users in Europe which news sources they trust to help it gauge whether to extend a change to its News Feed that it made in the United States earlier this year, designed to filter out misinformation. In January, Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said the News Feed, the social media company’s centerpiece service, would prioritize “high-quality news” over less trusted sources as part of its fight against false information on the platform. ‘Facebook effect’ turns Swedish steel town into tech hot-spotIt has also had a stormy relationship with news organizations, especially those with strong political leanings. Zuckerberg said in January there was too much “sensationalism, misinformation, and polarization” in the world, and social media was making the problem worse. “Social media enables people to spread information faster than ever before, and if we don’t specifically tackle these problems, then we end up amplifying them,” he wrote then.