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Meta set to remove US news content if new laws passes

The US legislation is part of a larger set of laws aimed at tackling the dominance of Big Tech. Meta objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook and it has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US. Media companies argue that Meta generates huge sums of money from news articles shared on the platform while Meta claims their platform, in fact, provides increased traffic to struggling news outlets. Do you think Meta is blackmailing the congress ?

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