A smartphone and a computer screen displaying the logos of the social network Facebook and its parent company Meta in Toulouse, southwestern France, on Jan. 12, 2023. Lionel Bonaventure/AFP via Getty Images
Two out of every five Australians nominate social media as their main source of news and that number is even higher among young adults.
But next week many of those people will have to look elsewhere for stories as Meta shuts down its Facebook News Tab in Australia as part of a worldwide plan to withdraw its investments in news.
AAP
Author
Australian Associated Press is an Australian news agency.
