Meta threatens US government, will remove news from Facebook if media bill is passed

New York. In America, the dispute between Facebook and the government regarding the social media law seems to be increasing. In view of this, Facebook’s parent company Meta has threatened to remove the news feed from its platform. Meta Inc on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the US Congress passes a resolution aimed at making it easier for news organizations to collectively negotiate with companies such as Google and Facebook. Will give

Giving information on the matter, the sources said that Member of parliament The Journalists are considering including the Competition and Protection Act in the annual Defense Bill as a way to help the struggling local news industry.

Meta spokesman Andy Stone said in a tweet that if the law is passed, it would be considered a move to force the company to consider removing news from its platform. He said the proposal tabled in Parliament on a media law fails to recognize that publishers and broadcasters put content on social media platforms because ‘it benefits their bottom line – not the other way around’.

The News Media Alliance, a trade group representing newspaper publishers, is urging the US Congress to add the bill to the defense bill. Behind this the Alliance argues that ‘local papers cannot tolerate many more years of use and abuse of big technology, and the time to act is steadily decreasing. If Congress doesn’t act soon, we risk allowing social media to become America’s de facto local newspaper.’

A similar Australian law, which was supposed to shut down Facebook news feeds in the country in March 2021 after talks with big tech firms, has largely worked, a government report said.

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