The social network is known to be refining its algorithm to take greater account of how much users trust various news sites. It also found growing awareness in the UK for niche campaigning left-wing websites supportive of Jeremy Corbyn, such as The Canary, and Another Angry Voice, but warned that changes to Facebook’s algorithm “could see these alternative websites struggle to retain attention”. The Reuters Institute research concluded that British media consumption was still dominated by BBC News, although the Guardian website was the second most popular online news website, just ahead of MailOnline. “Much of the public does not feel it can trust the news, especially in countries with highly polarised politics and where many media are vulnerable to undue economic or political influence,” he said. Rasmus Kleis Nielsen, a professor and one of the report’s editors, said the public still tended to blame news publishers rather than social networks for the “long-standing crisis of confidence” in the media industry. Usage of the social network for other purposes has not fallen substantially, suggesting people are simply seeing the impact of the social network’s recent efforts to reduce the amount of low-quality news on the site in favour of content posted by family and friends. In some countries, such as Malaysia and Turkey, the encryption makes it a far safer place than Facebook for individuals wanting to discuss political issues without attracting the attention of the authorities.īy comparison, the percentage of people using Facebook to get news has fallen from 42% in 2016 to 36% today. The report found that use of WhatsApp for news has almost tripled since 2014 and overtaken Twitter in importance in many countries, especially among younger users. The fallout from the 2016 US presidential election has continued to affect the actions of social media businesses and consumers. The seventh annual Digital News Report, from the University of Oxford’s Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, which is based an online YouGov survey of 74,000 people in 37 countries, show substantial changes in the news landscape over the last year. It could also prove to be another regulatory headache for Facebook, since Mark Zuckerberg’s company also owns WhatsApp in addition to its flagship social network.
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