Meta announced the discontinuation of Workplace (formerly known as Facebook at Work and rebranded as Workplace by Facebook), the social network for organizations, which will permanently shut down in 2026.
In an email to Workplace customers, Meta stated that services will continue as usual until August 31, 2025, after which it will transition to read-only mode with no service charges. Customers will have until May 31, 2026, to download their old data before everything is deleted from the system.
Meta’s guidance for customers is to migrate to Workvivo, a social network for organizations owned by Zoom (acquired in 2023), and they will collaborate with Zoom to provide tools for data migration across systems.
According to TechCrunch, Meta’s decision to discontinue Workplace is to shift focus towards AI and the metaverse, although they have not officially stated the reason. TechCrunch speculates that the social market for remote work boomed during COVID but declined afterwards, with competitors like Slack and Teams gaining more customers, leading Meta to ultimately end Workplace.
On the Workplace website, it is noted that there are over 7 million users, with organizations such as McDonald’s, AstraZeneca, Delta, Nestle, Vodafone, and Walmart among the customers.
TLDR: Meta announces the shutdown of Workplace by Facebook, advising customers to transition to Workvivo and offering support for data migration to Zoom’s social network. The decision comes as a shift in focus towards AI and the metaverse, with declining demand for Workplace and increased competition from other platforms.
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