Meta to possibly remove news from platform if US Congress’ media bill passes

Posted 2022-12-06, Financial Express Headlines

Photo: AP / Tony Avelar

The News Media Alliance, a trade group representing newspaper publishers, is urging Congress to add the bill to the defence bill Follow Us Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it... read full story

Photo: Facebook's Meta logo sign is seen at the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., on, Oct. 28, 2021. Facebook owner Meta is quietly curtailing some of the safeguards designed to thwart voting misinformation or foreign interference in elections even as the U.S. Midterms approach. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar, File)

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