By John McCarthy

Reuters is to ditch the comments section from its news articles in a move acknowledging the importance of social media to open debate.

Although readers will still be able to comment on opinion and column pieces hosted on the site, they will do longer be able to do so for news articles.

Instead, those with opinions have been directed to the Reuters Facebook and Twitter accounts where the site will no longer be responsible for policing offensive comments.

Dan Colarusso, executive editor of Reuters Digital, said: “During the past few years, much has changed about how readers interact with news. They find coverage Read full story ›

Source: The Drum