Facebook said it could pull news from its app in California if the state passes a bill requiring it to pay publishers. It's the same threat made in Australia over a similar law in 2021. In that case, Facebook briefly banned news from its Australia platform before reaching a deal to pay publishers in the nation. Do you think they'd have a better answer than pull it? I don't know. What do you, what do you think?
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