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Africa-Press – Angola. <\/strong><\/span>Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US.<\/b><\/p>\n

It objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook.<\/p>\n

A similar law, passed in Australia, led to news on Facebook being briefly suspended last year.<\/p>\n

Meta claims their platform, in fact, provides increased traffic to struggling news outlets.<\/p>\n

It says publishers put their content on Facebook because “it benefits their bottom line.”<\/p>\n

The legislation, known as the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) was introduced in Congress by Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar and has bipartisan support.<\/p>\n

It would give publishers and broadcasters greater powers to collectively bargain with social media companies for a larger share of ad revenue.<\/p>\n

Media companies argue that Meta generates huge sums of money from news articles shared on the platform.<\/p>\n

Local news in particular struggled during the pandemic, as Meta made huge profits.<\/p>\n

However Meta argues that this narrative is wrong. Instead, it says, Meta drives traffic to news sources.<\/p>\n

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said: “If Congress passes an ill-considered journalism bill as part of national security legislation, we will be forced to consider removing news from our platform altogether”.<\/p>\n

Meta also argues that sharing news on Facebook accounts for only a fraction of its revenue.<\/p>\n

A similar Australian law, which took effect in March 2021, led to a brief shutdown of Facebook news feeds in the country.<\/p>\n

The company quickly reversed the decision after wide-ranging criticism – brokering a deal with the Australian government.<\/p>\n

In a statement about Australia’s proposed law last year, a spokesperson for Meta said, “for Facebook, the business gain from news is minimal. News makes up less than 4% of the content people see in their News Feed.”<\/p>\n

The US legislation is part of a larger set of laws aimed at tackling the dominance of Big Tech.<\/p>\n

Supporters of the JCPA say social media will become America’s “de facto local newspapers” if the act doesn’t pass.<\/p>\n

Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, said media outlets were being “eaten alive” by Meta.<\/p>\n

“Meta’s efforts to blackmail Congress prove again why this monopoly is a threat to democracies worldwide,” he said.<\/p>\n

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