A proposal to make online platforms like Meta and Google pay news outlets for linking to their content will be delayed until 2024, the bill’s author announced Friday.
“I’ve agreed to make AB 886 a two-year bill In order to ensure the strongest legislation possible — because getting this policy right is more important than getting it quick,” California Assembly member Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) said in a statement.
AB 886 passed the Assembly last month and was due to have its first hearing in the Senate Judiciary Committee next week. Committee chair Sen. Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) said he would hold an informational hearing on the issue in the fall before the bill is taken up again next year.
