Sen. Paula Simons “unhopeful” about plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news
Sen. Paula Simons “unhopeful” about plan to make Google and Facebook pay for news

Government should’ve focused on “insane corporate concentration,” she says, rather than the notion the platforms are “stealing” content

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