Meta Corporation announced the launch of the news section of the social network Facebook in France. The company cooperates with the French media alliance l'Alliance de la Presse d'Information Générale to conclude partnership agreements with more than 100 media in the country. Content on Facebook News Meta will be curated jointly with news service AFP Media Services.
The company notes that the Facebook News tab will be sourced from French national and local dailies, including 20 Minutes, La Croix, Le Figaro, Le Journal du Dimanche, Le Parisien, Les Echos, Dépêche du Midi, La Provence, La Voix du Nord, Le Dauphiné Libere, Le Progrès, Le Télégramme, Nice-Matin, Sud Ouest and others.
Meta also announced partnerships with BFMTV, Capital, Femme Actuelle, Gala, Geo, L'Equipe, L'Express, Libération, RMC and Voici. In a press release, the company said that by working with these media, Facebook users will receive authoritative and trustworthy content. The company promised to continue to announce partners in the coming weeks.
Representatives of a number of French media have expressed their delight at the collaboration with Meta. They say joining Facebook News will help promote quality journalism for social media users in France.
Information from the news section will be displayed in the Facebook feed next to other messages that are generated based on the subscriptions of account holders. The publications will also create up-to-date news digests.
Meta reports the following features of Facebook News:
Today's stories: independent journalists select the latest news;
Personalization: a recommendation system that focuses on user preferences;
News sections: different categories of news reports from economics to sports are presented;
Control: allows you to turn off the demonstration of certain topics and publications;
Collections: access to a list of articles and videos dedicated to a particular newsbreak.
A subsidiary of AFP Media Services will oversee the accuracy of the information presented on Facebook News.
In February, the US Securities and Exchange Commission reported that Meta did not rule out the exit of Facebook and Instagram from Europe. The reason for this was the European legislation, which restricts the collection of data of EU citizens for US companies. The Corporation believes that this provision adversely affects its advertising business.
Reacting to this, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck and French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire spoke about their experiences of not using social media for months. They reported that it made them feel good. Le Maire noted that the EU will do everything possible to protect the personal data of citizens.
At the beginning of the year Meta was fined $68 million by France's National Commission for Informatics and Liberties for the company's policy of turning cookies on and off. If the company does not pay the fine, then from March the regulator will add $113,000 to this amount every day.
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