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Bill to have big tech pay for local news advances in Oregon Legislature
- Oregon state Senator Khanh Pham has put forward legislation that would mandate major technology companies, such as Google and Facebook, to financially compensate local news organizations for using their journalism content online.
- The bill advanced to the Oregon Senate floor on Monday amid Democratic support and Republican opposition, reflecting ongoing debates about balancing media revenue and platform power.
- The bill requires tech companies to pay a minimum of $122 million annually, allocating 90% of the funds to newsrooms based on their number of journalists, with at least 70% of these payments devoted to salaries, and designates a portion of the funding to support a statewide journalism partnership housed at the University of Oregon.
- Critics warn the bill may trigger legal challenges and push platforms to remove news content as Meta did in Canada, where news site traffic dropped 58% after a 2023 similar law prompted bans on news links.
- Supporters argue the bill addresses a damaged market and could sustain local journalism vital to democracy, while opponents emphasize constitutional risks and potential harm to online news access.
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Bill to have big tech pay for local news advances in state Legislature
A bill that would require large tech companies to compensate newsrooms for the local journalism on platforms like Google and Facebook is advancing to the floor of the Oregon state Senate.
Bill to have big tech pay for local news advances in Oregon Legislature • Oregon Capital Chronicle
A bill would require tech companies to compensate Oregon newsrooms for using their journalism on platforms like Google and Facebook. (Julia Shumway/Oregon Capital Chronicle)A bill that would require large tech companies to compensate newsrooms for the local journalism on platforms like Google and Facebook is advancing to the floor of the Oregon state Senate. Democrats on the Senate Committee on Rules on Monday advanced Senate Bill 686 to the flo…
Oregon Bill Taxing Big Tech to Pay for Local News Advances, Meta Threatens Newspapers - The Corvallis Advocate
A bill that would require large tech companies to compensate newsrooms for the local journalism on platforms like Google and Facebook is advancing to the floor of the Oregon state Senate. Democrats on the Senate Committee on Rules on Monday advanced Senate Bill 686 to the floor over Republican opposition. The bill would have tech companies pay at least $122 million annually to access the media produced by journalists across Oregon. It would also…
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