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== Product & Usage ==
== Product & Usage ==
September 5, 2023: Meta is ending news tap in Facebook in early December in the UK, France and Germany. “We will not enter into new commercial deals for news content on Facebook News in these countries and do not expect to offer new Facebook products specifically for news publishers in the future," A Meta spokesperson said. Meta added that this is part of the “ongoing effort to better align our investments to our products and services people value the most”<ref>https://www.ft.com/content/f97420a9-5f32-440d-b8d4-b1c1ce60a1ff?ftcamp=traffic/partner/feed_headline/us_yahoo/auddev</ref>.
July 19, 2023: Meta makes its videos competitive with the likes of YouTube and TikTok by adding new features. It is also renaming its "watch" tab to "video" tab to bring all video experiences in one place. For instance, Meta is bringing Reels editing tools to main feed videos to enable artists create short and long videos in one place.Already, these tools are beeing rolled for Meta Business Suite users. Other features rolled by the company included the ability to adjust speed, reverse or replace a clip. Users will also be able to explore videos through the search button. When they press the search button, they will see various short and long videos with hashtags. Meta will also allow users to comment on Instagram Reels they watched on Facebook through the video discovery. But they will need to add both their Facebook and Instagram accounts in the accounts centre <ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/facebook-is-trying-to-be-bullish-on-video-again-with-new-discovery-and-editing-tools/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACR_eY3LQa_kiFgvKgQb8y0UvJv9Q6vOorFb4VrRoF56Zwbah1dUZKXicO39mQ01iE0ik6hFB2Vi3lf1Ua4nFxjI7-DdeVabtJEWqqcaYjTr5Jtd-JtWAjMs2BhBH6odf82vWsRzJrsYBql6lU4Snf__mU3mCRhsNew2Png4NGia</ref>.  
July 19, 2023: Meta makes its videos competitive with the likes of YouTube and TikTok by adding new features. It is also renaming its "watch" tab to "video" tab to bring all video experiences in one place. For instance, Meta is bringing Reels editing tools to main feed videos to enable artists create short and long videos in one place.Already, these tools are beeing rolled for Meta Business Suite users. Other features rolled by the company included the ability to adjust speed, reverse or replace a clip. Users will also be able to explore videos through the search button. When they press the search button, they will see various short and long videos with hashtags. Meta will also allow users to comment on Instagram Reels they watched on Facebook through the video discovery. But they will need to add both their Facebook and Instagram accounts in the accounts centre <ref>https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/17/facebook-is-trying-to-be-bullish-on-video-again-with-new-discovery-and-editing-tools/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9uZXdzLmdvb2dsZS5jb20v&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAACR_eY3LQa_kiFgvKgQb8y0UvJv9Q6vOorFb4VrRoF56Zwbah1dUZKXicO39mQ01iE0ik6hFB2Vi3lf1Ua4nFxjI7-DdeVabtJEWqqcaYjTr5Jtd-JtWAjMs2BhBH6odf82vWsRzJrsYBql6lU4Snf__mU3mCRhsNew2Png4NGia</ref>.