More than two dozen groups, including the ACLU, advised Congress not to OK the measure aimed at helping the news industry.
He additionally said the proposed bill would set a “terrible precedent for all American businesses” because it would create a “cartel-like entity which requires one private company to subsidize other private entities.”
A trade group that reps newspaper publishers, the News Media Alliance, is lobbying Congress to add the bill to the defense spending plan. The group insisted “local papers cannot afford to endure several more years of Big Tech’s use and abuse, and time to take action is dwindling. “If Congress does not act soon, we risk allowing social media to become America’s de facto local newspaper,” the group said.REUTERS/Dado Ruvicis a major backer of the bill.the Seattle Times.
“Google and Facebook are worth over $1 trillion combined … Literally the revenue has changed hands. Yes, everyone’s online, but the content providers, the reporters, should be compensated for the work that they do and it shouldn’t be given away to these mega companies that are dominant platforms.” But more than two dozen groups, including the ACLU, advised Congress not to approve the measure because they believe it would “create an ill-advised antitrust exemption for publishers and broadcasters” and warned the revenue from negotiation or arbitration does not require that it goes toward journalists.
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