Facebook became your news diet. Now, it's going to serve you junk.

Forget about media outlets and Facebook — worry about readers. 

Facebook's 2 billion monthly users have come to rely on the social network as a way to keep up with the news. Now Facebook is limiting the reach of news publishers, leaving a vacuum to be filled with... well, it's anyone's best guess.

The change is simple. Facebook is going to show users more posts that their friends and family have either created, shared, or commented on. In turn, Facebook is reducing the reach of pages including news outlets. That may sound innocuous, but the shift turns up the dial on the signals that help amplify fake news. And there's no way to tell how bad this is going to get — not even Facebook knows for sure. Read more...

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