As private equity guts newsrooms, layoffs abound and misinformation runs rampant across social media, an Illinois bill aims to offer a targeted solution to the decades-old journalism business model. Sen. Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) introduced SB 3591, or the Journalism Preservation Act, in February. It would require Big Tech companies to track and compensate news organizations.
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, is threatening to pull news content off its platforms if Illinois passes a bill that would require it pay news outlets for sharing links to their articles. Sen. Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford) introduced the Journalism Preservation Act (SB3591), which would require Meta, Google, […]
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