On: Google threatens to cut off news after California ...

[ikidd]

It applied to Facebook/Meta and any larger social media sites. Meta just shut it down and any direct contributions to journalism that they were making, and now the publishers are crying because their traffic has plummetted, to the surprise of precisely nobody except them.

Not sure where you're getting your information.

[bloppe → ikidd]

I'm talking about the Guardian article in the grandparent comment. It's a private deal between Google and the Canadian govt.

[LegitShady → bloppe]

There is no such thing as a private deal with the government that is extorting you for money to give to legacy media companies.

It's like calling armed robbery by a cop under official orders by the president a private deal. Not a thing.

[jeffbee → ikidd]

The proposed California law applies only to sites with 1 billion MAU and sales or market cap over $550 billion. It only applies to Alphabet and Meta.