Facebook now lets you turn off its controversial newsfeed algorithm

In an announcement on March 31, the social media network said users can now also decide to see posts from a favourites list of up to 30 Facebook friends and pages. — Dreamstime/TNS

Facebook is making it easier to choose what we see in our newsfeeds and says it is allowing users to quickly switch to a chronological newsfeed, instead of seeing content that is selected and ordered by an algorithm.

In an announcement on March 31, the social media network said users can now also decide to see posts from a favourites list of up to 30 Facebook friends and pages.