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Meta, formerly known as Facebook, is making big changes to how it handles news content on its platform. It's planning to remove the news tab from Facebook in the U.S. and Australia by April 2024. This decision follows the discontinuation of Facebook News in the UK, Germany, and France last year. The number of people using Facebook News in Australia and the U.S. has dropped significantly, which influenced Meta's decision. The company wants to focus more on what users enjoy, like short-form videos, rather than news articles. News content makes up less than 3% of what people see on their Facebook feed, so most users might not even notice this change. Over time, publishers have also noticed less traffic coming from Facebook to their websites. This move is partly because of new regulations in countries like Australia and Canada, which require platforms like Facebook to pay online publishers for their content. Meta has decided not to invest in new news-related products and won't ...

Facebook has said soon it will start restoring the news sharing feature on users feed, After reaching to an agreement with Australian govt. Last Wednesday the Facebook had made a radical move of banning the news outlets website links from sharing on the platform which caused outraged. That move comes after a feud over a proposed media bargaining code that is expected to become a law in country soon. Which would have forced the tech companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter etc. to pay news publishers for the content shared by users on their platforms. Facebook move to restoring the news feature has come after Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg said changes have been made in the proposed law to “provide further clarity to digital platforms and news media businesses about the way the Code is intended to operate and strengthen the framework for ensuring news media businesses are fairly paid for the content. The changes means the proposed law will allow a two-month negotiation periods to...