US Senate Panel Approves Bill Empowering News Organisations to Negotiate With Facebook, Google for Revenue
The US Senate Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to approve a bill aimed at allowing news organizations to band together to negotiate with Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook and win more revenue.The bill passed the committee by a vote of 15 to 7, according to a congressional aide. It must now go to the Senate for their approval. A similar bill is before the US House of Representatives.The bill is aimed at giving news and broadcast organisations more clout after years of criticism that big tech companies use their…