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Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22327661/microsoft-google-cicilline-antitrust-committee-bill-klobuchar-buck-kennedy
Microsoft and newspapers join forces to fight Google
Over the last decade, hundreds of newspapers have disappeared largely due to Big Tech’s disruption of the ad market. Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on much when it comes to tech reform, whether it be content moderation or spinning off acquisitions, but they do seem to agree that local journalism needs saving.
On Friday, a House Judiciary subcommittee hearing focused on the way Google and Facebook distribute news, and a new bill introduced earlier this week has already found Republican support. It’s one of the biggest legislative threats to tech that’s come out of the years-long antitrust debate, and much of its political force comes from the precarious state of local journalism.
“The crisis in American journalism has become a...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/12/22327661/microsoft-google-cicilline-antitrust-committee-bill-klobuchar-buck-kennedy
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