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Facebook Faces New Pressure in U.S. and Europe on Payments to News Providers

It might be a sin to enjoy seeing Facebook attacked from all sides, but it’s worth it.  Having lost the battle against arbitration on news content payments to Australian publishers, the company now faces a joint push from Microsoft and major European publishers for similar rules.Meanwhile, a bipartisan coalition of U.S. legislators has proposed letting small publishers jointly negotiate news content payments without facing antitrust penalties.