GovernmentandFacebook, bipartisanmembersofCongressplantointroduce a billinthecomingweekstomakeiteasierforsmallernewsorganizationstocollectivelynegotiatecontentdealswithFacebookandotherbigtechplatforms.
Thesocialmediagiantblockednewsfeedsandotherpages, includingthoseofcharitiesandhealthandemergencyservices, aspartof a disputeover a proposedlawthatwouldrequireitandGoogletopaynewsoutletsfortheircontentoragreeon a pricethrougharbitration.
Googleannouncedthisweekthatithadagreedto a globaldealwithNewsCorpthatinvolvedsignificantpaymentstothenewsorganizationinoneofthemostextensivedealsofitskind.