Snapchat takes a swipe at fake news

Here’s the problem with social media echo chambers: they contain the opinions of other people!

Snapchat wants to fix that. It’s working on a redesign that strips the social from media, separating friends and family updates in one section of the screen and putting media – as in, vetted news from publishers, stories from around the world, or stories from people you follow but don’t know personally – in another spot, in a “Discover” page.

It’s also changed the way you’ll view your friends’ updates. Snapchat says its new “sophisticated Best Friends algorithm” chooses which friends you see the most of based on the way you communicate with them.

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