Meta Threatens To Remove US News Content If New Law Passes

Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US. <br />It objects to a new law that would give news organizations greater power to negotiate fees for the content shared on Facebook. <br />Meta claims their platform, in fact, provides increased traffic to struggling news outlets. <br />It says publishers put their content on Facebook because "it benefits their bottom line." <br />The legislation, known as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was introduced in Congress by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and has bipartisan support. <br />Media companies argue that Meta generates huge sums of money from news articles shared on the platform.