Meta has threatened to remove news content from Facebook in the US.

It objects to a new law that would give news organisations greater power to negotiate fees for content shared on Facebook.

A similar law, passed in Australia, led to news on Facebook being briefly suspended last year.

Meta claims their platform, in fact, provides increased traffic to struggling news outlets.

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

Matt Stoller, Director of Research at the American Economic Liberties Project, said media outlets were being “eatenalive” by Meta.

“Meta’s efforts to blackmail Congress prove again why this monopoly is a threat to democracies worldwide,” he said.