A New Bill in Congress Hopes to Save News Organizations, So Why Doesn’t it Have Support from the Media?
Posted on AllSides December 9th, 2022
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A new bill winding its way through the U.S. Congress would require platforms like Facebook and Google to pay media sources when links to their content are posted by users on their platforms. Supporters of the bill say it could give more power to news publishers in a climate where Facebook and Google dominate news distribution, but its critics say it doesn’t solve the problems facing news organizations and further empowers Big Tech companies.
