The president of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild testified in support of a bill advancing in Oregon that would require Big Tech platforms to compensate Oregon newsrooms for local content.
Mai Hoang, the president of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Guild, a local of The NewsGuild-CWA, testified in the Oregon State Senate Committee on Rules last week in support of Senate Bill 686, which would level the playing field and make sure large companies like Meta and Alphabet would have to pay for news appearing on their apps and websites such as Facebook, Instagram and Google.
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