JAKARTA - The bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Monday, August 22, released a revised version of a bill that aims to make it easier for news organizations to negotiate collectively with social media platforms such as Google and Facebook.
According to a news release from lawmakers, the Competition and Preservation of Journalism Act will "remove legal barriers to the ability of news organizations to negotiate collectively and secure fair terms from gatekeeper platforms that regularly access news content without paying its value,".
The group consisted of Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar and Republican Senator John Kennedy, both members of the Judiciary Committee, and House Judiciary Committee members David Cicilline, a Democrat, and Ken Buck, a Republican.
The previous version of the bill, introduced in March 2021, has been opposed by the two tech industry trade groups that own Facebook, Meta Platforms and Google, Alphabet Inc., as well as the Computer & Communications Industry Association and NetChoice.
Reported by Reuters, the updated bill would cover news publishers with fewer than 1,500 full-time employees and non-network news broadcasters. This will allow them to work together to win better deals from Facebook, Google and other big platforms.
The 2021 law will apply to any print, broadcast or digital news organization with a dedicated editorial staff that publishes at least once a week.
In some countries this is already the case. For example, in France and Australia, Facebook and Google, which use news from news organizations, are required to pay royalties. Meanwhile in Indonesia this has not been discussed more intensively.
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