Google made it nearly impossible for users to keep their location private, according to newly unredacted court documents. Even Google execs and employees in
For Immediate Release, May 20, 2021
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Senate Bill Aims to Protect Americans From Utility Shutoffs, Mounting Debt Crisis
WASHINGTON Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) introduced a bill today that would place a national moratorium on the disconnection of electric, water and broadband utility service due to uncollected payments. An increasing number of people in the country are at risk of losing access to vital utilities, including electricity, water and broadband, as utility debt increases nationwide.
The Maintaining Access to Essential Services Act would provide low-interest loans to electric, water and broadband utilities to cover the cost of uncollected household payments in exchange for a moratorium on shutoffs.
News Media Alliance
This is an op-ed from the News Media Alliance, a trade association representing approximately 2,000 newspapers in the United States and Canada. The group s board includes Maribel Perez Wadsworth, president of news at Gannett Media and publisher of USA TODAY. The Savannah Morning News is part of Gannett Media.
Quality local journalism is essential to creating an informed and engaged public and ensuring a thriving democracy. But local journalism has been a victim of Big Tech’s dominant practices for years. Google and Facebook use – and benefit from – our news content and audiences, but they don’t return value to news publishers. That’s why we’re asking Congress to support the “Journalism Competition and Preservation Act.”
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