Facebook Is Developing a News Tab and Hiring Journalists to Curate the Top News Section

Algorithms will populate other areas

Facebook’s latest attempt to curate the news will involve giving its algorithms some human help in the form of experienced journalists.

The social network said Tuesday that it is developing a news tab, set apart from its News Feed, and it is hiring a “small team of seasoned journalists” to focus on the Top News section of that news tab, adding that publishers and users have told the company that they believe a team of journalists is the best option for curating that Top News section.

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