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Facebook News: dpa leads curation for German news

In the future, the German Press Agency dpa will take over the curation of Facebook News in German. All content that can be read on Facebook News will be exclusively managed by dpa, both companies have now announced.

dpa curates Facebook News

Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) will curate all content for the Facebook News section in Germany in the future. It will kick off in April 2022, at which point a team of editors from the agency will take over the provision of news stories, as Meta manager Jesper Doub announced in a press release. Meta’s contractual partner is dpa subsidiary dpa-Infocom GmbH.

Facebook News had launched in May 2021 as a standalone news column within the Facebook app. There, the social network collected and displayed news and reports from the German press landscape. Facebook News is currently offered as a separate section in Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. In France, the service is to be launched later this year.

Up to now, the Upday company from the Axel Springer media group has been responsible for curating the content. For Peter Kropsch, chairman of the dpa management board, this marks a step in the right direction.

Facebook News: Focus on neutrality and topicality

Kropsch is certain that as an independent news agency owned by the media, they meet all the requirements that come with the job of news curator. Neutrality and the up-to-the-second overview of the global news situation are two core aspects that are crucial at dpa for Facebook News, he said.

It remains to be seen whether the change at Facebook News will also change anything about the royalty payment situation. Facebook currently vehemently refuses to pay royalties for the use of content from German press publishers.

Simon Lüthje

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