Facebook is getting rid of the News tab in Europe – NBC New York

By Jonathan Vanian,CNBC • Published 2 hours ago • Updated 1 hour ago Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Facebook users in the U.K., France and Germany will soon no longer be able to access a dedicated tab to view news articles. The social networking giant added that it plans to spend more time and money on short-form video. The decision to deprecate Facebook News for some European users comes after the company recently shut down access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada in response to a new law that required tech companies to pay news outlets for distributing their content. Facebook users in the U.K., France and Germany will no longer see a dedicated section for news articles starting in December. Meta said Tuesday that it is plans to “deprecate” the Facebook News tab in early December for users in those European countries as “part of an ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most.” The company added that it plans to spend more time and money on short-form video, as best exemplified by its TikTok-like Reels product. News represents less than 3% of what people see in their
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