Meta says it will consider removing news articles from its platform if a US government mandate forces the company to compensate publishers.
The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) enables news outlets to collectively negotiate revenue-sharing deals with social media platforms and search engines.
The JCPA is designed to benefit US news outlets because deals apply across the board to all local and national publishers.
News outlets can negotiate with companies individually under the current system. However, one-to-one negotiations only give publishers so much leverage.
If the JCPA passes, it will allow the entire industry to negotiate, giving publishers more leverage over companies like Meta and Google.
Meta isn’t interested in negotiating with publishers because the company believes traffic and exposure are payment enough.
Andy Stone, Meta’s policy communications director, published a statement on Twitter threatening to remove news content in the United States if the JCPA passes:
“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 rather than submit to government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard any value we provide to news outlets through increased traffic and subscriptions.”
Meta’s argument continues with a statement that roughly translates to: ‘They need us more than we need them:
“The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act...
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