Meta threatens to pull news content in California if law to pay publishers passes
by Guardian staff and agency from on (#6C0RG)
Proposed bill would require online platforms' to pay a fee to state news providers whose work appears on their services
Meta is threatening to remove news content from its platforms in its home state of California if the state government moves forward with legislation that would force tech companies to pay publishers.
The proposed bill would require online platforms" like Google and Meta to pay a journalism usage fee" to California news providers whose work appears on their services.
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