Facebook to suppress clickbait stories
Posted on AllSides August 9th, 2016
From The Center
Facebook has intensified its crackdown on so-called clickbait news that appears on the social network.
Clickbait articles tend to carry intriguing headlines which suggest there is more to the story than there actually is.
They are famous for employing alluring phrases such as "you'll never guess what happened next" in order to drive web traffic.
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