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The bill stalled in committee two weeks ago after an amendment introduced by Sen. Ted Cruz to prohibit censorship “collusion” narrowly passed, sharply dividing the bipartisan sponsors of the bill.
A bill designed to give an advantage to local and conservative news outlets in negotiating with Big Tech advanced from committee Thursday and is expected to be considered on the Senate floor soon.
Tom Cotton said conservatives should oppose the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act because it will lead to more censorship.
An amendment tacked onto the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act by Sen. TED CRUZ (R-TX) torpedoed the bill during markup before the SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE THURSDAY (9/8).The bipartisan bill was pulled from consideration by Sen. AMY KLOBUCHAR (D-MN) after CRUZ's amendment, which would revoke the antitrust waiver if the news organizations brought up content moderation in the negotiations, passed along party lines 11-10 with Sen. JON OSSOFF (D-GA) absent due to illness and Sen. JOHN ...
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A bill to enable news outlets to band together to negotiate pay from Big Tech received an amendment from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Tex.), who raised concerns about possible censorship.