Facebook claims that news makes up only 4% of its content, which would seem to be in line with your statement that you hardly see any news. I see a lot more new

Facebook claims that news makes up only 4% of its content, which would seem to be in line with your statement that you hardly see any news. I see a lot more news – something like 50% of my feed. If removing news reduces Facebook’s revenue by 4%, it would be reasonable to wonder why they didn’t remove news globally years ago, given all the time, money and effort they invest in it and all the drama and existential threats that come with it. The reality is that news is a massive driver of engagement on Facebook. Their 4% stat is grossly misleading. I’m 100% against this proposed law, but it’s hard to maintain this position in the face of lies and gross misrepresentations by Facebook and Google.