The weekend is long gone so it’s time for Monday’s #TheDailyThree, a weekday recap featuring 3 top stories in digital + a few thoughts.

We start the week with news on no other than the big 3: Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

1. Facebook has been scurrying to fix their news issue amidst backlash in the past year.

Today they’ve announced that they will favor local news in user’s feeds, the reasoning being that national news is more highly politicized than local.

2. The New York Times published an in-depth exposé into a company that sells millions of fake Twitter followers to athletes, politicians and celebs. They name names.

It’s even prompted NY to launch an investigation into the practice.

Read the full article here.

3. According to WABetaInfo, Instagram appears to be testing a new video call feature within DMs which could take the channel into a wild new direction.

Between this and Messenger, Facebook seems to have one-on-one communication very high on their priority list.