Facebook to delete live videos after 30 days

Old live content can be downloaded for a period of time.

Goodbye to old FB live videos?

Meta new policy on Facebook

Meta has announced a new policy that will specifically affect those who do live streams on Facebook.

Starting February 19, any new live broadcast videos can be replayed, downloaded, or shared from your Facebook Pages or profiles for 30 days, after which they will automatically be removed from Facebook.

Prior to this change, these videos were stored indefinitely. Meta said this change will align its storage policies with industry standards and help ensure it provides up-to-date live video experiences for its users.

For live videos currently older than 30 days, they will be removed from the platform. The deletion process will take place in waves over the coming months.

Before the archival live videos are deleted, users will receive a notification. From receipt, they will have 90 days to choose what to do with their old live content: download it to their device, transfer it to cloud storage, or convert it to a new reel.

Meta said it will launch several tools for easy downloading:

Single download

• Download an individual live video from your profile, Page, or Meta Business Suite.
• On a profile or on a Page on your device, find the Videos tab. On a Page, if you’re on the web, find the Live tab. You may need to click More to see the Live tab.
• Choose the video you want to download.
• Open the full-screen view, then click […] and choose "Download video."
• You can also download one or more live videos from your Page or profile’s Activity Log. To download your live videos, select "Your live videos," then choose a date range to see videos available to download.

Bulk download

• On your computer or device, tap the notification to enter into the download flow.
• Tap "Download live videos."
• Decide the location (computer or device) to download to and the date range for the live videos.
• Tap "Create File."

Transfer live videos

• On your computer or device, tap the notification to enter into the download flow.
• Tap "Transfer live videos."
• Tap "Where" to select the transfer destination.
• Choose your linked cloud storage provider (ex: Dropbox or Google Drive).
• Tap "Save."

Live videos can also be converted into Reels.

Meta said there is an option to defer deletion for an additional six months if more time is required for downloading. After that period, old live videos will be removed and will no longer be available.

To extend:

To postpone deletion

• On your computer or device, tap the notification to enter into the download flow.
• Tap "Learn More."
• Tap "postpone the deletion."
• Tap "Postpone" to confirm.

What do you think guys?

Source: Meta