Big Tech

The new law requires Big Tech to help pay for the harms their platforms have fueled, including potentially information pollution

The bill, HB5343, would disclose where taxpayer-funded ad dollars go, giving local publishers clearer access to state advertising opportunities

HB1458 proposes a tax on the advertising revenue of major social media platforms, directing the funds into the Broadband and Digital Equity Special Fund to ...

The companion bills, HB0043 and SB0459, would require state agencies to direct at least 50 percent of their advertising budgets to local newspapers, digital publishers ...

In a Senate testimony, Rebuild Local News President Steven Waldman urged Congress to adopt policies that increase the number of local reporters and ensure tech ...

The bill, SB5400, would support local reporting by creating journalist employment grants for local newsrooms, funded through taxes on search engines and social media companies

The legislation creates a California Civic Media Program to support local news, with discretionary grantmaking authority housed in the executive branch.

Measuring the true scale and impact of the latest California-Google agreement