{"id":14343,"date":"2024-05-05T15:38:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-05T13:38:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/05\/news-on-facebook-is-dead-memes-replace-australian-media-posts-as-meta-turns-off-the-tap\/"},"modified":"2024-05-05T15:38:21","modified_gmt":"2024-05-05T13:38:21","slug":"news-on-facebook-is-dead-memes-replace-australian-media-posts-as-meta-turns-off-the-tap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/05\/news-on-facebook-is-dead-memes-replace-australian-media-posts-as-meta-turns-off-the-tap\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018News on Facebook is dead\u2019: memes replace Australian media posts as Meta turns off the tap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis of Facebook data finds engagement with news is at an all-time low \u2013 due at least in part to changes to Meta\u2019s algorithms<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Get our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl\">morning and afternoon news emails<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/app.adjust.com\/w4u7jx3\">free app<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/series\/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl\">daily news podcast<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Meta has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2024\/mar\/01\/facebook-news-tab-shut-down-end-australia-journalism-funding-deals\">refused to enter into new deals with Australian media publishers<\/a> for the use of their content on Facebook, leading to fears <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2024\/apr\/25\/anti-democratic-labor-minister-warns-facebook-against-removal-of-australian-news-content\">it may again implement a ban on news content<\/a> appearing on the platform. But an analysis of Facebook data suggests engagement with posts from news organisations is already at an all-time low, as memes fill the space.<\/p>\n<p>Meta has argued that news makes up just 3% of what people engage with on its services.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/article\/2024\/may\/06\/news-on-facebook-is-dead-memes-replace-australian-media-posts-as-meta-turns-off-the-tap\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/d4d4ac94b55fbe66c6aa8407d27dc8675720e632\/0_0_5760_3456\/master\/5760.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e229cbc0dd7d36d53293f85be61c4e17\" title=\"\u2018News on Facebook is dead\u2019: memes replace Australian media posts as Meta turns off the tap\" \/>Analysis of Facebook data finds engagement with news is at an all-time low \u2013 due at least in part to changes to Meta\u2019s algorithms<br \/>\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast<\/p>\n<p>Meta has refused to enter into new deals with Australian media publishers for the use of their content on Facebook, leading to fears it may again implement a ban on news content appearing on the platform. But an analysis of Facebook data suggests engagement with posts from news organisations is already at an all-time low, as memes fill the space.<br \/>\nMeta has argued that news makes up just 3% of what people engage with on its services. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Analysis of Facebook data finds engagement with news is at an all-time low \u2013 due at least in part to changes to Meta\u2019s algorithms Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast Meta has refused to enter into new deals with Australian media publishers for the use of their content &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/05\/news-on-facebook-is-dead-memes-replace-australian-media-posts-as-meta-turns-off-the-tap\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u2018News on Facebook is dead\u2019: memes replace Australian media posts as Meta turns off the tap<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":14344,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}