Yahoo has acquired The Factual, a company that uses algorithms to rate the credibility of news sources, Yahoo president and general manager Matt Sanchez told Axios.Why it matters: The deal could provide Yahoo News’ 200 million+ monthly visitors with ratings for the thousands of news sources Yahoo aggregates on its site.”One of the biggest things that we hear from our users is that they’re worried about bias and how to understand the content that they’re consuming,” Sanchez said.
Origen: Exclusive: Yahoo buys The Factual to add news credibility ratings
