Decoding your Facebook newsfeed

Social media platform or news gatekeeper? Plus, one journalist's challenges reporting on the drone war in Pakistan.




Decoding your Facebook newsfeed

The world's largest social media network is also one of the biggest news platforms - so allegations of a bias towards liberal news issues has triggered a lot of scrutiny, both from outside and from within. This week we unpick how Facebook delivers the news to you and why it matters.

Many journalists and writers have been tracking the Facebook story and its implications.