Facebook’s unloved ‘News’ tab is going away in Europe
by Justine Calma from The Verge - All Posts on (#6EFFZ)
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Meta plans to deprecate" the News tab in Facebook's bookmarks section in the UK, France, and Germany. That's typically been company speak for removing a feature. The changes are supposed to go into effect in early December, according to Meta.
As a company, we have to focus our time and resources on things people tell us they want to see more of on the platform, including short form video," the company said in a press release today.
This is the latest action Facebook has taken to make news a lower priority on its platform. It's also another step toward mimicking shortform video content on TikTok.
As a company, we have to focus our time and resources on things people tell us they want to see more of on the platform, including short...