Facebook News service launches in the UK

A woman using her phone under a logo of the social media giant Facebook, which has launched a new information centre aimed at providing users with accurate content about climate science in its latest response to online misinformation (Niall Carson/PA)

Facebook News, the social network’s new section dedicated to personalised news content, has launched in the UK.

Available for the first time outside the US, the feature will appear on the Facebook platform and allow users to see curated news stories from major national, local and lifestyle media outlets.