Facebook's Lindsey Shepard Talks the News Feed Reboot

Lindsey Shepard, Director of Product Marketing for News Feed at Facebook, discusses the reboot of its News Feed that will prioritize posts from family and friends over publications. Shepard notes that with the change, Facebook is getting back to its roots by focusing more on personal connections between users. We discuss the rise of 'fake news' on the Facebook platform, and whether this new algorithm will give rise to more.

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