Mediagazer: Brazil's biggest paper, Folha de S. Paulo, says it has quit posting on Facebook as referrals have fallen from 40% to 23% and algorithm changes boost fake news (Paul Kiernan/Wall Street Journal)

2:25 PM ET, February 9, 2018

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Paul Kiernan / Wall Street Journal:

Brazil's biggest paper, Folha de S. Paulo, says it has quit posting on Facebook as referrals have fallen from 40% to 23% and algorithm changes boost fake news — Move follows the social-media company's decision to overhaul its news feed — RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazil's largest newspaper …

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John-Paul Ford Rojas / Sky News:

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