Jammu, March 29 -- Meta is pulling the plug on the Facebook News Tab for users based in the United States and Australia, as the tech giant continues to scale back its focus on news and political content across its platforms.

Launched back in 2019, the News Tab curated headlines and top stories from various national and local news publishers to provide Facebook users a dedicated space to discover current affair reports and keep up with the news cycle. However, as Meta pivots towards emphasizing more on community and connecting family/friends over public debates, the news aggregation feature will be discontinued in the mentioned regions from early April onwards.

The News Tab shutdown follows a similar move made last year when the option w...