Congress axes media revenue sharing bill after pushback from Google and Meta

Image credit: Gerd Altmann via Pixabay. Article by J. Fingas. Engadget – December 7, 2022.

A US government attempt to compensate publishers for web links has fallen apart, as Congress has cut the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) from the annual national defense spending bill. The measure would have made temporary exceptions to antitrust law letting media outlets negotiate revenue sharing deals, such as receiving a cut of ad money from links to news articles in search results and social media posts. […]

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