Facebook Ends Funding for US News Partnerships Program

Facebook Ends Funding for US News Partnerships Program
The Facebook app on a smart phone in Surfside, Fla., on April 23, 2021. Wilfredo Lee/AP Photo
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Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in Facebook’s News Tab as it reallocates resources in the face of the economic downturn and changing user behavior.

The company said Thursday that most people “do not come to Facebook for news, and as a business it doesn’t make sense to over invest in areas that don’t align with user preferences.”