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    Commentary: Americans are united in wanting Congress to rein in Big Tech’s power over news publishing

    by Douglas Schoen, Chicago Tribune Apr 26, 2022 3 minutes
    A man walks past a Washington Post newspaper box, center, beside the empty box of competitor Washington Times, second from left, outside the Washington Post Aug. 5, 2013, in Washington, D.C..

    Thousands of local papers have shuttered their doors in recent years, and those surviving are facing unprecedented challenges in remaining both economically viable and as the lifeblood of their communities.

    All the while, Big Tech monopolies like Alphabet and Meta — through sites like Google News and Facebook News — have come to dominate the news and publishing industries by expropriating the work of smaller and local operators via their news aggregator sites.

    The Founding Fathers enshrined protections for a press free from government regulation in the First Amendment

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