Archive for big tech
Research Report Shows Negative Impact of Big Tech on Minority-Owned Media
The American Economic Liberties Project, MediaJustice and the News Media Alliance have jointly published a report, “Minority-Owned Media and the Digital Duopoly,” which examines the ... Read More
Big Tech Tries to Bargain On Its Own Terms, News Publishers Left With Less
On October 21, Facebook reached an agreement with a group of French publishers to pay for news on its platform in France ... Read More
CFPB Orders Tech Firms to Hand Over Information on Digital Payment Systems
On October 21, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ordered various big tech companies operating digital payment systems – including Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Google, PayPal, and ... Read More
Judge Orders the Unsealing of Information in State AG Case Against Google; Details Google’s Anti-Competitive Actions
On October 15, Judge P. Kevin Castel of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ordered the release of a partially ... Read More
Senate Leaders to Introduce an Antitrust Bill to Rein in Online Platforms
On October 14, a bipartisan group of Senators, led by Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Chair of the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee, and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Ranking ... Read More
News Media Alliance Hosts Book Launch for “Ugly Truth” Facebook Dominance Exposé
On July 22, the News Media Alliance hosted a policy maker breakfast and book launch event for An Ugly Truth: Inside Facebook's Battle for Domination ... Read More
Statement: Antitrust Bills Offer Long-Term Solution to Reining in Big Tech
Over the last year, multiple lawsuits, bills and investigations have been introduced to examine the anticompetitive behavior of Big Tech companies, such as Facebook and ... Read More
New Polling Shows Majority of Republican Voters Support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act
New polling from Echelon Insights, in partnership with the News Media Alliance, found that a majority of the 956 Republican voters surveyed support the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act ... Read More
Congress Can Protect the First Amendment by Holding Big Tech Accountable
The First Amendment enshrines fundamental freedoms so core to our democracy that they must be honored. But the First Amendment has limits, and non-government entities ... Read More
