Method and system for generating push notifications related to digital news

A method for determining an importance score associated with a digital news item, the importance score for determining push notifications to be provided to a user of an electronic device, the method executable by a server, the server connectable to the electronic device via a communication network, the method comprising:

• accessing, by the server, a digital news item, the digital news item having been electronically published at a news item publication time by a digital news source, the digital news source being accessible via the communication network;
• determining a source weight of the digital news source;
• determining, by the server, the importance score of the digital news item based on the news item publication time and the source weight of the corresponding digital news source;
• in response to the importance score of the digital news item being above an importance score threshold, generating, by the server, a push notification based on the digital news item;
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• transmitting the push notification by the server to the electronic device.