Facebook’s unloved “News” tab is going away in Europe
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Facebook says it wants to focus more on shortform video.
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    1 year ago

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    Meta plans to “deprecate” the News tab in Facebook’s bookmarks section in the UK, France, and Germany.

    This is the latest action Facebook has taken to make news a lower priority on its platform.

    Meta announced in July that it would quit paying US publishers to put their content in Facebook’s News tab.

    Last year, the company also said that its engineering and product teams would be more focused on video content from creators rather than on its News tab.

    Meta also seems to be encouraging news organizations to pivot to shortform video, saying in its release today that they “can also still leverage products like Reels and our ads system to reach broader audiences and drive people to their website.”

    The company also says it will honor “obligations under all existing Facebook News deals” with publishers in the UK, France, and Germany until December.

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