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Meet the world's most powerful editor: the 34-year-old controlling what you and 2.3 billion people see on Facebook

As the vice-president in charge of Facebooks news feed, the team he runs, and the decisions he makes, influence the reading habits of 2.3bn people.

The algorithms that he builds help determine which photos they see, what issues they are aware of and what news articles they read.

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Author: The Telegraph

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The Telegraph has recently written 11 articles on similar topics including :
  1. "Facebook has thrown down the gauntlet to Amazon by announcing a raft of new shopping features for WhatsApp, Instagram and its own online Marketplace". (April 30, 2019)
  2. "‘Mum-shaming,’ ‘fat-shaming’, ‘slut-shaming’ and ‘engagement ring shaming’ (yes it’s ‘a thing’):". (August 12, 2019)
  3. "Northumbria University yesterday announced it will monitor students’ social media profiles to create an “early warning system” that could detect mental illness and prevent suicide". (June 6, 2019)
  4. "French government computers are to adopt the Gallic-funded search engine Qwant as their default browser amid alleged concerns that Google insufficiently protects data privacy". (January 10, 2020)
  5. "Wallabies full-back Israel Folau has been sacked by Rugby Australia over homophobic social media posts". (May 17, 2019)
  6. "He’s a two-time Oscar nominee, so there’s no question that Robert Downey Jr can act". (June 6, 2019)
  7. "Britain must tame its “Wild West” cryptocurrency market ahead of the launch of Facebook's Libra coin, Treasury Committee chair Nicky Morgan has said, as current regulations are still “not fit for purpose”". (June 20, 2019)
  8. "Facebook threatens to hamper the fight against terrorists and child abusers by increasing encryption, Priti 
Patel will warn on Wednesday". (July 31, 2019)
  9. "Sir Nick Clegg claimed nearly £113,000 in expenses for public duties despite drawing a substantial salary from Facebook". (July 26, 2019)
  10. "Think of it like a real-life Jason and the Argonauts". (August 4, 2019)
  11. "The amount Brits are using Facebook has plunged by more than a third over the past 12 months, new research indicates, in sharp contrast to the company’s official statistics". (July 6, 2019)
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