Bill to Help Small and Conservative Media Orgs Stand Up to Big Tech Gains Traction in Congress
April 1, 2022 | District of Columbia
Legislation designed to help media organizations negotiate with major online platforms is gaining Republican support in Congress due to provisions protecting small, local and conservative publications, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.
The Journalism and Competition Preservation Act (JCPA), a bill led by a bipartisan coalition of lawmakers including Democratic Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Republican Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy, Democratic Rhode Island Rep. David Cicilline and Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck, seeks to help media organizations negotiate with tech platforms like Google and Facebook for compensation over the use of their content.
If enacted, the legislation would carve out an exemption in antitrust law allowing news outlets to coordinate with one another and collectively bargain with certain online platforms over how their content is distributed. Only online platforms with over 1 billion active users worldwide, such as Google and Meta, would be covered under the legislation… (Excerpt from the Virginia Star)
