Afraid of powerful tech giants, California’s governor and Legislature failed to keep their promise to make Google and its compatriots pay for the news they profit from.California Gov. Gavin Newsom once talked big about forcing internet giants to pay for the products they heist and profit off. But last week he scuttled legislation to require payment for news stories.
And the governor added importantly — or so it seemed — that Californians should “be able to share in the wealth that is created from their data. And so I’ve asked my team to develop a proposal for a new Data Dividend for Californians because we recognize that your data has value and it belongs to you.”
Roughly a third of the nation’s newspapers have closed shop since 2005. In California, small and medium-sized towns are in danger of becoming so-called news deserts.Some legislators, however, have tried for two years to craft bills to force Google and other tech giants to pay news outlets for distributing their products.
But Google and its colossal compatriots are so powerful they can pretty much dictate to the Legislature and easily intimidate the governor. They’re reminiscent of the railroad robber barons of more than a century ago that were finally corralled by Progressive reforms. The public-private partnership will be administered by UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism. Most of the money will be doled out to journalism entities. Some will be spent on developing ways for journalists to use AI technology.
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