California Lawmaker Resumes Effort to Make Big Tech Pay for News

California lawmakers will again attempt this year to make Big Tech platforms, notably Google and Meta, pay for news content after being stymied in 2023.

The California Journalism Preservation Act (A.B. 886), authored by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D), had already passed the Assembly when Wicks pressed pause last July to allow for more feedback and adjustments.

Now, Wicks said in an interview she and her colleagues will incorporate those critiques into a revised measure this year.

Wicks said she doesn’t expect new language until the summer when she will renew her push. Her measure will face opposition ...