Proposed bill would require ‘online platforms’ to pay a fee to state news providers whose work appears on their services
The bill, introduced by assembly member Buffy Wicks, is aimed at reversing a decline in the local news sector by having major tech companies share their advertising revenue stemming from news and other reported content with the media companies that publish them.
Meta has been waging battles against similar legislation on the federal level and in several countries outside of the US. The company is likewise threatening to withdraw news in Canada in response to proposed legislation there. Alphabet’s Google has also said it would remove links to news articles from Canadian search results if that bill passed.that Australia passed in 2021, which also triggered threats from Facebook and Google to curtail their services.
“It’s egregious that one of the wealthiest companies in the world would rather silence journalists than face regulation,” she added.
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