Overview

• Meta will remove news from Facebook and Instagram in California if a bill requiring large tech companies to pay news outlets for content becomes law.
• The California Journalism Preservation Act would require companies like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers a fee based on ad revenue from their platforms.
• The bill aims to support struggling local news outlets, but Meta says it primarily benefits large publishers and puts their priorities over users.
• Similar laws have been passed or considered in other countries like Australia, but California's bill is the first of its kind in the U.S.
• While the bill has bipartisan support, opposition remains over concerns it could encourage clickbait and benefit large media companies.