Senators are gearing up to advance a proposal to empower small news organizations to negotiate compensation from technology giants such as Facebook and Alphabet, people familiar with the discussions said. The US — trailing the European Union and Australia — is inching toward passing its own law after senators appeased unions’ concerns and are poised to win greater bipartisan backing for the measure.
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