Advertisement Washington: The battle that flared in Australia between news publishers and Alphabetâs Google and Facebook is moving to the US this week. Lawmakers plan to reintroduce legislation on Thursday (AEDT) to allow news organisations to band together to negotiate with the technology companies over payment for content and the data the companies have about readers. Rhode Island Democrat David Cicilline has introduced the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act in the last two Congresses. Credit:AP The legislation, which is being proposed in the Senate and House with bipartisan support, would make the US the next front in the news industryâs war against Facebook and Google.