California bill would tax Big Tech to create tax credit for news organizations
The tax would raise an estimated $500 million annually.
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The tax would raise an estimated $500 million annually.
Journalists, including some students, reported limited press access and police threatening them with arrest if they approached the scene.
Despite the legislation’s uncertain status, Google acted this month to remove California-based news links on its search platform for some users.
The Senate Judiciary Committee chair says the bill could be heard sometime in June.
The US National Labor Relations Board, an American government agency, has filed a complaint against Oxford University Press (OUP) on charges that OUP has refused to bargain and moved work overseas. News Media Guild, the union that represents the OUP USA, said that workers may organise a strike.