The company is gathering a team of under 10 full-time former journalists—one based in the U.K. and the rest in the U.S.—who will select top news stories for readers to see. Testing for the tab will begin in October. Also Tuesday, Facebook announced a number of changes designed to address concerns from right-wing groups that the company is biased against conservatives in what content it promotes to users. (New York Times, Digiday)

Talking point: Facebook’s new tool puts it in direct competition with Apple, which recently launched its own news division based on striking content deals with publishers, and potentially puts it in a position to run afoul of right-wing groups who were critical of the last time Facebook used humans to curate top news. That team was disbanded following reports that the staff were suppressing conservative news. In an attempt to fend off further concerns, this team will be made up of a small group of full-time veteran journalists; the previous one was staffed by contractors. Apple had about 30 staff when it launched its news division and it also had more of an international focus with staff from Sydney to Toronto. Despite that, competition between the two services already exists. Facebook is in talks with companies that did not sign on to Apple’s service, including the Washington Post, as well as some that did, including ABC News.