Why Netflix Can't Stream Video On Facebook In The U.S.
Netflix is streaming video on Facebook in 47 countries, but the U.S. still isn't one of them. We blame the Senate.
Netflix is streaming video on Facebook in 47 countries, but the U.S. still isn’t one of them.
The movie rental outfit’s plan to add the U.S. to Facebook streaming hinges on a legislative change that has crashed and burned.
Well, to be fair, the U.S. House of Representatives approved a bill that pleased all parties involved, but the Senate never picked it up.
Instead, the Senate introduced the widely loathed Stop Online Piracy Act, and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, both protested so vocally on social media that proponents have dropped the proposed legislation.
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