Love the news, feature with different news articles from different news sites!
I assume you guys want free, fair, and unbiased news articles/sources.
One of these sites, Daily Mail, began censoring/removing all of my comments (~8 or so) as soon as I mentioned “Israel”. I verified with multiple comments, including safe “test” comments, and cross-referenced conflicting comment-counts displayed in multiple locations on a specific article. I did not violate any terms or whatever. Do with this what you will.
Brave managers do not manually choose news sources for Brave News. The service does not rely on human editors to curate or rank content. Instead, it uses an algorithmic approach that automatically selects and ranks news from various online sources.
Automated Selection: Content is chosen based on relevance and user interests rather than manual editorial decisions.
User Customization: Users can add custom RSS feeds to their news listing, allowing them to control specific sources they wish to follow.
Transparency: Brave has published some details on ranking logic. Here are the specific details available publicly:
On-Device Ranking: Brave explicitly states that the ranking algorithm runs locally on the user’s device. It weighs factors such as recency, popularity, and the user’s local browsing history and followed sources. Crucially, this data never leaves the browser, ensuring Brave itself cannot see what you read.
Source Selection: The initial pool of content comes from hundreds of pre-vetted RSS feeds across various categories (e.g., Business, Sports, Tech). Managers or automated systems curate this initial list of available sources, but they do not manually select individual stories for your feed.
User Control as Transparency: Instead of a static editorial policy, Brave emphasizes user customization as its form of transparency. Users can view the full list of available sources, add custom RSS feeds, and remove sources they dislike, effectively acting as their own editors.
Algorithmic vs. Editorial: Unlike traditional news outlets, there are no human editors deciding which specific headlines appear in your personal feed. The “transparency” lies in the fact that the process is purely algorithmic and local, rather than a “black box” server-side operation that profiles users.