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WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) – The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve a monthly bill aimed at enabling news organizations to band collectively to negotiate with Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Meta’s (META.O) Facebook and earn extra profits.
The bill handed the committee by a vote of 15 to 7, in accordance to a congressional aide. It ought to now go to the Senate for their approval. A similar bill is ahead of the U.S. Dwelling of Representatives.
The invoice is aimed at offering news and broadcast organizations a lot more clout immediately after a long time of criticism that massive tech firms use their content material to bring in targeted traffic and ad income without pretty compensating the publishers, many of which struggle financially.
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The bill, led by Democrat Amy Klobuchar, attracted some Republican assist, with Senators John Kennedy and Lindsey Graham sponsoring it. Other Democrats, like Senator Alex Padilla, expressed reservations about it.
The monthly bill hit a pace bump previously this thirty day period when Senator Ted Cruz received backing for a prepare to involve provisions to handle what he considers the platforms stifling conservative voices.
On Thursday Klobuchar won help for an amendment that specified that rates for use of material was the situation.
“The goal of the monthly bill is to let regional news businesses to get compensation when main titans, monopolies like Facebook and Google, access their content,” she said at a committee session to vote on the monthly bill.
Unlike other bills aimed at reining in massive tech, some progressive teams oppose this evaluate, including Community Know-how, on the grounds that it favors huge broadcasters like Information Corp, Sinclair and Comcast/NBCU.
Also opposing the monthly bill are two technology sector trade groups that Fb and Google belong to: the Pc & Communications Sector Affiliation and NetChoice.
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Reporting by Diane Bartz enhancing by Jonathan Oatis
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