I am very happy that we are finally bringing Facebook News to France starting today for the first users. We are starting with a strong lineup of the French news media industry and hope to welcome even more partners in the near future. https://t.co/pucfrHnoQ0
We are not planning on going anywhere...
Pretty disappointing to see some journalists just copying the sensationalist framing of a pretty standard risk assessment in an earnings report.
So, here is how we look at this:
https://t.co/OlBNwPKOxi
I am very happy that we have found a joint way forward with the Publishers from L'Alliance de la presse de l'information to launch Facebook News in January 2022 in France recognizing the French implementation of EUCD. We expect to welcome more French partners in the near future.
#News : Nous sommes heureux d'annoncer un accord autour des droits voisins avec l'Alliance de la Presse d'Information Générale, permettant aux éditeurs et aux utilisateurs de continuer à partager des contenus d'actualité de qualité sur Facebook. https://t.co/y9xICmXjme
Exciting to see Facebook News rolling out in Germany today featuring a strong and wide range of partners with national and local news outlets.
I am looking forward to bringing Facebook News to more markets internationally soon.
https://t.co/QsEC3687AO
#facebooknews
We keep investing. Facebook News is coming to Germany. Read the full announcement here:
https://t.co/M6hGuSfent
Next up, we are working on bringing Facebook News and other investments in the news industry to more European and global markets.
Excited to launch FB News in the UK later today together with a strong and diverse set of news partners across the industry. This marks a significant investment in the news industry and is the first of several roll-outs internationally.
https://t.co/qxNaPyJn85
I am very excited to share that we will be launching Facebook News in the UK in January 2021 with a broad range of strong news partners representing hundreds of national, regional and local brands across the UK. Read the full announcement here: https://t.co/L0SlBr9AIx
I am excited to share that we will bring Facebook News to more markets soon after a very promising start of the product in the US.
#FacebookNews#journalism#partnerships
https://t.co/ILT6ZZx6AE
The 2020 Reuters Digital News Report is out and a must read for the industry as always, especially covering some aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Congrats to @rasmus_kleis, Nic and team on this very informative work.
https://t.co/FDLOkVnTri
So glad to support the incredible work of @rasmus_kleis and his team at the RISJ on Trust in News through the Facebook Journalism Project @campbell_brown
https://t.co/F0DR9ZDk1f
We are expanding our team further to work with news partners in Italy and others in Southern Europe. Come work with our incredible Southern Europe team.
If you know someone or are interested ping us.
Please share!
#jobs#journalism#partnerships#Italy
https://t.co/a5LYWbAubC
Proud to announce that we are mobilising $3m of emergency funding for European journalists and their communities, in partnership with Facebook Journalism Project. Thanks to @campbell_brown@Sofus_D@guidobuelow for their support. Details here: https://t.co/rDVW2vgGQT #COVID19
We are working with European Journalism Centre to support small and local publishers in need during COVID-19 with a $3million support fund.
We need strong independent and local journalism now and local journalism needs support. @datatheism
https://t.co/IYKAIwkkMi
Our free 4 week Digital Media Bootcamp to train everyone in media using our services. This is a combination of online learning, self learning and access to loads of materials and regular updates. External and internal trainers share their best practises.
https://t.co/QGNlnfpT4R
There is a massive growing use of messenger on desktop as people use group video calls to connect. To improve the experience we are releasing the messenger app for Windows and MacOS today.
https://t.co/FX76UuJhWK
These challenging times require strong and independent journalism! We are expanding our efforts to support the News Industry with additional $100 million.
https://t.co/HLsLJ3zagJ
And if the Linkedin url shortener is what would make you pause, here is the original one from our post: https://t.co/CHlWSvuV2A - I simply shared it on LinkedIn before and copied it over.
We have partnered with the WHO to use WhatsApp to give people access to factual and up to date information about COVID-19.
If you have WhatsApp installed, all you need to do is click this link to sign up.
https://t.co/gYPjvu5hpC
Help spread reliable info and share the link.
I’ve been asked if this is fake. Here is more info on our work with the @WHO and other experts and institutions to keep people informed and connected.
https://t.co/RDFNS0pkLd
Stay healthy, stay safe, stay at home!