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UK newspapers want big tech to pay for using their work
In the face of plummeting profits, British newspapers are trying to squeeze compensation out of tech giants that are raking in billions of ad dollars off the back of their content. With the auspice of the newspaper industry's trade body, the News Media Association (NMA), local and national publishers are calling on the likes of Facebook and Google to pay an annual financial levy to fund journalism. They also want a financial regulator to put the legal onus on tech companies for the content on their platforms amid social media's ongoing fake news crisis (which could be implemented as soon as next year, according to The Guardian).
European MPs vote in favor of controversial copyright laws
The EU has voted on copyright reform (again), with members of European Parliament this time voting in favor of the extremely controversial Articles 11 and 13. The 438 to 226 vote, described as "the worst possible outcome" by some quarters, could have significant repercussions on the way we use the internet.
