Congress dropped a controversial media bill which saw Facebook threaten to ax news in the US if the act passed, report says

Congress dropped a controversial media bill which saw Facebook threaten to ax news in the US if the act passed, report says

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Meta CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. Getty Congress excluded a controversial media bill from the National Defense Authorization Act, on Tuesday. The bill would have forced online platforms like Facebook to pay for news content from publishers. Facebook on Monday threatened to ax news from its platforms in…

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