God forbid Facebook do the bare absolute minimum to at least try and slow down the spread of misinformation, false news and pure nonsense. ? https://t.co/GN1Mvi5mG2

— Trent Moore (@trentlmoore) December 17, 2020

Bit of news: Facebook has rolled back a post-election change it made to its news feed algorithm to boost authoritative news and tamp down misinformation, despite some employees asking if the "nicer news feed" could stay. https://t.co/PTxRESJkP1

— Kevin Roose (@kevinroose) December 17, 2020

.@facebook still considers Breitbart to be a “trusted” news source.

Not sure their idea of authoritative news is going to help. https://t.co/2fWmvt8jfk

— Sleeping Giants (@slpng_giants) December 17, 2020

"This was a temporary change we made to help limit the spread of inaccurate claims about the election..." https://t.co/xHIww0czoq

— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 17, 2020

Because they’re the villains who wake up every day and choose to amass astounding wealth at the cost of our public health, trust and democracy without blinking an eye. But sure let’s definitely focus on what bipartisan signals we want to send their kind right now, team. FOR WHAT https://t.co/ZCTMhoovVa

— Tara McGowan (@taraemcg) December 17, 2020

Just in case you needed further proof that spreading misinformation is part of their business model... https://t.co/5acTgjxt6d

— David Bauer (@davidbauer) December 17, 2020

For a few weeks, Facebook shifted to provide news from quality, authoritative sources.
Now, FB has returned to hyping hyper-partisan, polarizing, less-reliable sources to poison its massive American audience.https://t.co/Dl3ehSitmV

— David Beard (@dabeard) December 17, 2020

"Facebook confirmed that it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative outlets over hyperpartisan sources after November’s election, signaling a return to normalcy for the social network." https://t.co/kraVfg19ob

— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) December 17, 2020

Facebook: Now with more Kraken? https://t.co/PsTL4KvUuE

— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) December 17, 2020

“This was a temporary change we made to help limit the spread of inaccurate claims about the election,” said Joe Osborne, a Facebook spokesman.

Heaven forbid they make permanent changes to limit the spread of inaccurate information! https://t.co/BDbUONN864

— Eric Schultz (@EricSchultz) December 17, 2020

Facebook confirms it has in the past few days rolled back a change that lifted news from authoritative sources over hyperpartisan misinformation after November’s election, signaling a return to normalcy for the social network.@kevinroosehttps://t.co/6czX2JuAjd

— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) December 17, 2020

Tools Facebook developed to combat political misinformation and hate speech have been scaled back or vetoed by executives because they hurt Facebook’s usage numbers or because executives feared they would harm right-wing publishers https://t.co/kLtTutFdn2

— Jay Van Bavel (@jayvanbavel) December 17, 2020

Facebook is reversing its decision around election to boost news from authoritative sources https://t.co/mJf2sVofxR

— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) December 17, 2020

So glad that the election's over and disinformation is harmless and all in good fun again! https://t.co/6w5VtnmXG7

— James Poniewozik (@poniewozik) December 17, 2020

After the election, Facebook tweaked its algorithm to downrank outright nonsense -- in an attempt to prevent fact-free stolen-election conspiracies from zebra-musseling the entire News Feed: https://t.co/3NRZrIeLKv

They've since reverted. It's back to the pink-slime slurry!

— Clive Thompson (@pomeranian99) December 17, 2020

"After the election, some Facebook employees asked at a company meeting whether the 'nicer news feed' could stay, according to several people who attended."

YEAH NO SHIT. WHAT WAS THE DOWNSIDE?https://t.co/RpBbr3vexT

— Dan Froomkin/PressWatchers.org (@froomkin) December 17, 2020

For a hot minute, #Facebook changed its algorithm to elevate legitimate news over misinformation and hate speech.

Turns out @finkd thought that was bad for business. So down goes fact and up comes @benshapiro! https://t.co/6yxFgCCA5u

— Evan Shapiro (@eshap) December 17, 2020