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Founder Mark Zuckerberg outlined the rationale in a Facebook post, saying content from "businesses, brands and media" had begun to crowd out the more personal moments which he said are at the core of the network.
Ten days after a news report falsely claimed that two mosques in Quebec had asked women workers to be removed from a nearby construction site, TVA Nouvelles has released a follow-up, fact-checking story as a "gesture of respect."
Facebook has launched partnerships with journalism outlets like National Observer and media literacy groups like MediaSmarts to help stop the viral spread of fake news.
There's more at stake than being 'wrong' when you publish a story containing false information about a marginalized or vulnerable community, writes Montreal columnist and former news director Toula Drimonis.
Canada's national broadcaster has been advertising on Jeff Gaulin's Journalism Job Board for years. Now, it could get into trouble over potential conflict of interest concerns.
The Niagara Region has apologized to a reporter for seizing equipment staff thought was being used to record a closed council session, an incident journalism organizations decried as an assault on press freedom.
Let's be clear about how far into the gutter we've fallen: a self-styled "journalism" outlet, Project Veritas, was caught red-handed trying to discredit the news media by shamelessly posing as a victim of sexual assault in order to bolster the election campaign of an alleged child molester.
Postmedia announced Monday it will cut 244 jobs as it plans to shutter 21 of the 22 community newspaper properties it has acquired from Torstar as well as the Metro Winnipeg and Metro Ottawa free dailies.
