Meta will remove Facebook’s News tab from interfaces in the United States and Australia, affirming the company’s pivot away from news while governments around the world consider laws to force it to compensate local outlets.
The platform announced late on Thursday that the Facebook News tab would start disappearing for users in the two countries starting in April. The journalism-focused part of Facebook was already removed in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in early December 2023 as the platform focused on other features desired by readers, such as improved support for short-term video.
Now it’s stripping the tab elsewhere due to declining traffic. Meta has shifted away from supporting news content as fewer users rely on Facebook for news and as the companies brace for legislation forcing them to pay news outlets.
The product change
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