Long hearing on bill to require tech platforms to compensate Oregon news providers; supporters and opponents split
A lengthy Rules Committee hearing on April 23 examined Senate Bill 686, a proposed law to require major online platforms to compensate Oregon digital journalism providers or enter arbitration; the posted dash-3 narrows payment bands and preserves arbitration but opponents warned of constitutional and market risks.
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Senate Bill 686 — described in committee as the Oregon Journalism Protection Act — drew extended testimony and legal analysis on April 23. The posted dash-3 amendment narrowed the payment structure proposed in earlier drafts and set two scale bands for annual payments by covered platforms: $104,000,000 for platforms with 6,000,000,000 or more worldwide monthly active users and $18,000,000 for platforms with fewer than 6,000,000,000 worldwide monthly active users. The bill also preserves an arbitration pathway in lieu of the annual payment.
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