Facebook is planning to intensify its crackdown on so-called click bait websites, saying it will begin giving lower prominence to links that lead to pages full of deceptive or annoying advertisements.


Andrew Bosworth, Facebook’s vice president of ads and business platform, told newsmen that the downgrade of the links was expected to take effect beginning on Wednesday on News Feed, the home page of Facebook where people go to see posts from friends and family.


“Facebook wanted to downplay links that people post to websites that have a disproportionate volume of ads relative to content.

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