Fb proprietor Meta to take away information from its platform if Congress passes media invoice By Reuters

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(Reuters) – Fb father or mother Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:) stated it might be pressured to take away information from its platform altogether if the U.S. Congress passes the Journalism Competitors and Preservation Act, arguing broadcasters benefited from posting their content material on its platform. The Act makes it simpler for information firms to barter collectively with web giants like Meta and Alphabet (NASDAQ:) Inc relating to the phrases on which the information firms’ content material could also be distributed on-line.

Meta spokesperson Andy Stone in a tweet stated the Act fails to acknowledge that publishers and broadcasters put content material on the platform as a result of “it advantages their backside line – not the opposite method round.”

The same Australian regulation, which took impact in March 2021 after talks with the massive tech companies led to a short shutdown of Fb information feeds within the nation, has largely labored, a authorities report stated.

Because the Information Media Bargaining Code took impact, varied tech companies together with Meta and Alphabet had inked greater than 30 offers with media retailers, compensating them for content material which generated clicks and promoting {dollars}, the report added.