“If Congress approves a rash journalism bill as part of national security legislation, we will be forced to consider removing news from our platform,” he wrote on his Twitter account.
According to him, the corporation will make this decision instead of negotiating with publishers while "unfairly ignoring" the benefits that social networks bring to the press itself.
“Publishers and broadcasters self-host their content on our platform because it benefits them.
No company should be forced to pay for content that users don't want to see,” Stone said.
On November 22, Meta spokesman Andy Stone denied media reports about Mark Zuckerberg's departure from the post of head of the company.
On November 25, the Russian Ministry of Justice entered the Meta company into the register of extremist organizations.
* Meta Platforms Inc. (owner of Facebook and Instagram) - the organization was recognized as extremist, its activities are prohibited in Russia by decision of the Tverskoy Court of Moscow dated 03/21/2022.