Meta is ending its news tab on Facebook to reduce its news content before the 2024 elections after criticism of how it deals with false information on its platforms. Mata claimed that those using Facebook News in Australia and the U.S. dropped by over 80 percent last year. (The Associated Press, April 1, 2024, by Sallee Ann Harrison)
Research in 2023 showed that half of adults get some news from social media with three-in-ten adults regularly receiving news from Facebook. (Pew Research Center, November 15, 2023)