Meta will remove Facebook’s News tab from interfaces in the United States and Australia, affirming the company’s pivot away from news while governments around the world consider laws to force it to compensate local outlets.

The platform announced late on Thursday that the Facebook News tab would start disappearing for users in the two countries starting in April. The journalism-focused part of Facebook was already removed in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany in early December 2023 as the platform focused on other features desired by readers, such as improved support for short-term video.