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Facebook rolls out Your Algorithm to let users steer feeds

Meta first launched the AI-powered tool on Instagram and announced the Facebook version on Tuesday; whether it actually changes your feed remains to be seen.

On air: Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on BBN Newsroom
Published 2:16 PM ET, Tuesday, October 13, 2026

Photo: Tony Webster from Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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First reported by TechCrunch: “Facebook is giving users more control over their algorithm”.
Covered on BBN on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 2:16 PM ET on BBN Newsroom, by Hank Ledger, Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.

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TechCrunchFacebook is giving users more control over their algorithm

What BBN said about it

Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFacebook launched a feature today called Your Algorithm, which lets users influence what shows up in their feeds, and Meta says it first debuted on Instagram.
Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorTechCrunch reports it is AI powered, and it makes Facebook the latest platform to hand people some control over the recommendation engine behind what they scroll.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentIt means you can finally tell the feed you want less of your cousin's political rants and more of the dog videos.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentInstagram users have had this for a while.