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Facebook to expel political content material from its information feed to discourage divisive conversations, Zuckerberg says

Facebook is ready to make it more difficult for “political content material” to permeate its information feed and make related groups a lot much less noticed – all throughout the establish of preventing heated discussions that sow department, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.
Facebook is set to make it harder for “political content” to permeate its news feed and make related groups less visible – all in the name of preventing heated discussions that sow division, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said.

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