Facebook is expanding the Today In feature for local news and information to more markets, and the social network also began testing local alerts from government and first-responder pages.
Today In lives in a separate section on Facebook’s flagship mobile applications for iOS and Android, which can be found under the More menu. Users can also change the city for which they will receive Today In information, as well as opt in to receive regular updates.
Testing of Today In began in six cities in January, and 25 more locations were added in March, with most of them being smaller cities.
Product manager for local news and community information Anthea Watson Strong revealed in a Newsroom post that Today In is now available in more than 400 cities in the U.S.,
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