While Facebook recently revamped its site to display less news content in general to users and prioritize local news, Twitter aims to show more breaking news content to the public. The micro-blogging site has confirmed that it is testing a new method of showing more breaking news to users.
The new method is designed to curate Twitter timelines once breaking news and events pop up, using new algorithms to promote the fresh content so that it gains a more prominent spot on the user's feed.