Local news to get a boost on Facebook, says Mark Zuckerberg

By Washington Post Today at 8:09 p.m.

Mark Zuckerberg speaks at the Facebook F8 conference in San Jose, Calif., April 18, 2017. In a matter of years, a new crop of ultra-wealthy Americans has upended long-established norms in the staid world of big philanthropy. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times Copyright 2018)

Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that Facebook users will start to see more local news stories in their News Feed. The announcement marks the third major change to the News Feed that Zuckerberg has unveiled this month. The updates, he has said, are designed to offer more "meaningful" interactions on the social network and to boost the quality of news that audiences read on Facebook.

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