Tech's war with news outlets flares as US lawmakers ready Bill

The legislation would make America the next front in the news industry's war against FB and Google

The battle between news publishers and Alphabet’s Google and Facebook Inc. that flared up in Australia recently is coming to the US.
 
Lawmakers plan to re-introduce legislation to allow news organizations to band together to negotiate with the technology companies over payment for content and the data the companies have about readers.
 
The legislation, which is being proposed in the Senate and House with bipartisan support, would make the US the next front in the news industry’s war against Facebook and Google. Publishers scored a major victory last month when Australia passed a law to force the companies