Facebook parent company Meta threatens to pull news from platform in California if journalism bill passes

Facebook and Instagram parent company Meta said it will stop providing news articles on their platforms for users in California if they are required to pay news outlets a fee under a journalism proposal in the state legislature. Democratic lawmakers introduced the "California Journalism Preservation Act" in March. It would require large online platforms like Facebook and Google to pay a usage fee to eligible news publishers every month taken from the ad revenue they generate on the platform. News outlets would also be required to spend 70% of that...