Facebook Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/facebook/ The Future of Media Tue, 29 Sep 2026 10:35:45 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://pressgazette.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/7/2022/09/cropped-Press-Gazette_favicon-32x32.jpg Facebook Archives - Press Gazette https://pressgazette.co.uk/subject/facebook/ 32 32 Facebook algorithm change in April ‘crushed’ audience reach for Digitalbox https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/facebook-algorithm-change-in-april-crushed-audience-reach-for-digitalbox/ Thu, 24 Sep 2026 10:45:33 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=257379 Screenshots of Digitalbox websites, illustrating an article about the company's 2024 full-year results

Publisher of Entertainment Daily and The Tab investing heavily in original video.

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]]> UK social media focused publisher Digitalbox has revealed how changes to Facebook’s algorithm in early April dealt a severe blow to its revenue.

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]]> Who’s suing AI and who’s signing latest: OpenAI signs first India deals https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/ Wed, 23 Sep 2026 09:24:11 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=224907

Full round-up of publishers versus AI litigation and licensing deals around the world.

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]]> OpenAI has signed partnership deals with India’s two largest newspaper groups.

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]]> Australia to tax Meta if it doesn’t pay news publishers https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/australia-to-tax-meta-if-it-doesnt-pay-news-publishers/ Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:20:03 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252082 A picture of a phone and social media apps in front of the Australian flag.

News Bargaining Incentive to levy Google, Meta and Tiktok unless they sign commercial news deals.

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]]> Update 3 August 2026: The Australian government has tweaked how its planned News Bargaining Incentive levy will apply to tech giants.

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]]> News publishers could be made prominent at top of Youtube and social feeds https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-publishers-could-be-made-prominent-at-top-of-youtube-and-social-feeds/ Mon, 22 Jun 2026 21:30:00 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=254006 Lisa Nandy speaking at the Society of Editors Conference 2026. Picture: Lucy Young

Consultation to examine how 'trustworthy' news publishers should be categorised.

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]]> Content from “trustworthy” news publishers could be made easier to find on social and video platforms like Youtube and Facebook under new UK proposals.

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]]> Biggest UK website owners: Meta, Alphabet and Bytedance increase dominance https://pressgazette.co.uk/media-audience-and-business-data/media_metrics/uk-online-audience-ranking-2026/ Wed, 17 Jun 2026 10:15:36 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=253859 Google and Facebook logos

Top 25 ranking of website owners shows UK online media is US and China dominated.

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]]> Publishers are losing ground against tech platforms in the UK as Meta and Alphabet increase their dominance of online media, a new Press Gazette ranking of UK online audience for April 2026 reveals.

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]]> Cost cuts and new donors help Full Fact weather loss of £1m Google funding https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/cost-cuts-and-new-donors-help-full-fact-weather-loss-of-1m-google-funding/ Tue, 02 Jun 2026 16:03:06 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252970 Entrance of Google's London office in King's Cross.

UK-based fact-checking service has more than 2,000 paying supporters.

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]]> Full Fact has been “heartened” by the response of potential new funders and individuals donating money since Google cut off more than a third of the charity’s total annual funding.

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]]> No joke: Daily Mash banned from Facebook because platform doesn’t get irony https://pressgazette.co.uk/social_media/daily-mash-facebook-removed/ Fri, 22 May 2026 08:47:34 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252909 One of the Daily Mash stories that saw the page penalised on Facebook, headlined "'Rather than buying and posting Christmas cards, we are spending the money on drugs'", along with a banner on the website that states: 'We're temporarily off Facebook while we explain irony to a f**king algorithm. Follow our new Facebook page to get your fix of Mash..."

Joke posts apparently interpreted by Facebook as 'oblique attempts to sell drugs'.

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]]> Satirical newsbrand The Daily Mash has been banned from Facebook for almost four months after the platform “struggled to understand humour”.

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]]> Facebook restricts local newspaper for publishing drug-driver court report https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/local-news-facebook-restrictions-newbury-court-story/ Wed, 20 May 2026 07:25:20 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252815 Screenshot of local news publisher Newbury Today's story that resulted in Facebook restrictions. Headline: 'Thatcham motorist Saber Ksouri caught drug-driving in Newbury'

Newbury Today told it breached community standards for posting a drug-driver court story.

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]]> Facebook has restricted a UK local newsbrand from monetising its content or reaching new people on the platform after it posted a court story about a drug-driver.

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]]> Google, Meta and Amazon took two thirds of £46bn UK 2025 adspend https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/uk-adspend-google-meta-amazon/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:23:19 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252194 Graphic showing piles of £20 with more on one side labelled Amazon + Meta + Google with total of £31bn, and less on the right hand side for 'everyone else' or £15.7bn

Press Gazette analysis based on new AA/WARC data reveals extent three US tech giants dominate UK media.

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]]> Three US tech giants accounted for two thirds of every pound spent on advertising in the UK last year.

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]]> Martin Lewis says Meta scam ads stealing his name are ‘worse than ever’ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/martin-lewis-says-meta-scam-ads-stealing-his-name-are-worse-than-ever/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 07:00:26 +0000 https://pressgazette.co.uk/?p=252148 Martin Lewis stands smiling with arms crossed wearing blue shirt in front of background featuring BAFTA and P&O Cruises logos

Lewis spoke about issue as it was announced he will receive BAFTA Special Award.

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]]> Financial journalist Martin Lewis CBE has said social media scam ads that use his name and face to dupe unsuspecting consumers have become “worse than ever”.

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]]> martinlewisscamads1 Fake news scam ad including Martin Lewis, and the 'news story' it clicks through to, spotted by Press Gazette on Wednesday 29 April. Image also includes close-up of AI hand.