ViewMeta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is threatening to pull news content from its sites in California if the state passes a bill that would require tech companies to pay media organizations for their content.The California Journalism Preservation Act would require tech giants like Meta and Google to pay a "journalism usage fee" for news content that appears on their platforms. It would also mandate news organizations to invest 70% of their revenue from those fees into reporter...
The bill already cleared two key state committee votes and will be followed by voting in the Assembly on Thursday.
Proposed bill would require ‘online platforms’ to pay a fee to state news providers whose work appears on their servicesMeta 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. Continue...
By Samantha Delouya, CNN (CNN) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, threatened to remove news from its social media sites in California if the state passes a bill requiring big tech companies to pay news outlets for their content. In a statement posted on Twitter, Andy Stone, Meta’s communications director, called California’s
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Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is inching closer to a faceoff with California over a proposal to require dominant platforms to pay news outlets to distribute their content. The tech giant is using familiar playbook to try and thwart California’s Journalism Preservation Act, which passed the State Assembly on Thursday, by threatening to pull
Meta is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from accessing news content on Facebook and Instagram as part of a temporary test that is expected to last through the end of June, the tech giant said Thursday.
Meta Platforms Inc on Thursday said it will begin tests on its social media websites Facebook and Instagram that will limit some users and publishers from viewing or sharing some news content in Canada. The testing period will run for several weeks, the social media giant said, adding that the minor percentage of Canadian users […]
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Meta is temporarily blocking some Canadian users from accessing news content on Facebook and Instagram as part of a temporary test that is expected to last through the end of June, the tech giant said Thursday. The block — which follows a similar step taken by Google earlier this year —
Meta is threatening to remove news content on Instagram and Facebook in California if the state legislature passes a proposal that would make tech companies pay publishers for news content.
Meta is threatening to remove news content on Instagram and Facebook in California if the state legislature passes a proposal that would make tech companies pay publishers for news content.
Facebook parent company Meta is threatening to remove news content on its platforms Instagram and Facebook in California if the state legislature passes a new proposal that would make tech companies pay publishers for news content. “If the Journalism Preservation Act passes, we will be forced to remove news from Facebook and Instagram rather than