Amid sweeping layoffs in newsrooms across the US, in Canada the government has implemented measures aimed at shoring up the struggling journalism sector.
AB 886 requires online platforms to pay news organizations a ājournalism usage fee.ā The bill would be a game changer for the state's media sector.
AB 886, called the California Journalism Preservation Act, would mandate that social media platforms pay a ājournalism usage feeā to news organizations for sharing their content.