GOP Icon Ted Cruz Betrays Conservatives; Supports Pro-Censorship Journalism Competition & Preservation Act Which Will Crush Conservative Journalism

[basquebromance]

Bill that would let most news outlets collectively negotiate with dominant tech platforms for compensation to distribute their content advanced out of a Senate committee Thursday after Sens. Amy Klobuchar & Ted Cruz struck a deal.

Klobuchar, Cruz strike deal to advance journalism antitrust bill

A bill that would let most news outlets collectively negotiate with dominant tech platforms for compensation to distribute their content advanced out of a Senate committee Thursday after Sens. Amy …

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[Oddball]

Republicans get sandbagged yet again.

Time to add more to the stockpiles.

 

[munkle]

How would it kill conservative journalism?

 

[Grumblenuts]

Title apparently inspired by Breitbart. Zero original content in OP. Trash posting by BB.

 

[MisterBeale]

Republicans get sandbagged yet again.

Time to add more to the stockpiles.

This is the site I trust to give a good analysis on this type of legislation. They actually tend to be a little on the progressive and liberal side, but were very against the SOPA & PIPA. And it was a hub of resistance against both.

Search:SOPA

www.eff.org

SOPA/PIPA: Internet Blacklist Legislation

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate counterpart the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) (originally the Combating Online Infringement and Copyright Act (COICA)) were a series of bills promoted by Hollywood in the US Congress that would have a created a...

www.eff.org

I find them generally trustworthy on cyber issues when it concerns the public interest for small business and the individual. Interesting that they are calling out the DNC on this. . .

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act Will Produce Neither Competition Nor Preservation​

The Journalism Competition and Preservation Act Will Produce Neither Competition Nor Preservation

In response to the very real pressures that online news outlets are facing, Congress continues to believe the very flawed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act (JCPA) is a magic solution. It is not. In fact, it is actively dangerous. And there’s a better solution available.Take ActionTell...

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The Bipartisan Digital Advertising Act Would Break Up Big Trackers

In May, Senators Mike Lee, Amy Klobuchar, Ted Cruz, and Richard Blumenthal introduced the “Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act.” The bill, also called the “Digital Advertising Act” or just “DAA” for short, is an ambitious attempt to regulate, and even break up, the biggest...

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