• The Chamber of Progress, a tech industry group backed by companies such as Google and Meta, recently issued a statement, conducting an investigation against the California Protection of Journalism Act (CJPA), which found the CJPA primarily a conservative media outlet. Suggested benefits to the organization.
• On Thursday, the California Congress passed the CJPA. The bill would require companies like Google and Meta to compensate news publications for posting news links on their platforms. The Chamber of Progress, which lists Google and Meta as corporate partners on its website, expressed concern that the bill would unfairly benefit “disinformation giants like Fox News and the New York Post.”
• “The ‘disinformation’ label of conservative news outlets has long been a left-wing strategy to discredit news outlets that do not follow the lines of liberal groupthink,” said the Internet Accountability Project. founder and president Mike Davis told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “The Chamber of Progress is a radical group that seeks to permeate everything with far-left ideology, so it is not surprising that it advocates censorship of conservative and even moderate media outlets. Publications and independent journalists are most likely to fall victim to censorship by big tech gatekeepers, and the CJPA will ultimately hammer the power of conservative media outlets by making them pay. right.”

The Chamber of Progress, a technology industry coalition backed by companies such as Google and Meta, released a statement and study opposing the California Protect Journalism Act (CJPA), saying the law would primarily benefit conservative media. Stated.

The California legislature passed the CJPA on Thursday. The bill would require companies like Google and Meta to pay publications for news links that appear on their platforms, and the bill would be called “disinformation giants like Fox News and the New York Post.” “is unduly enriched. according to To progress room. The coalition lists Google and Meta as corporate partners. website and Adam Kovacevich, founder and CEO of the Chamber of Progress, previously headed Google’s U.S. policy strategy and foreign affairs team. according to to that website.

“The biggest winners of this bill aren’t the California news outlets, but the national news outlets known for spreading disinformation.” Kovacevich said in a statement. “By requiring online platforms to pay media outlets to produce viral articles, the CJPA encourages clickbait and misinformation and actually exacerbates the problem.”

The Progress Chamber study A CJPA study found that “disinformation news outlets such as Fox News and the New York Post benefit most.” Fox News will earn 643 times more than a small California newspaper and 844 times more than a California black news publication. according to For Progress Chamber research analysis.

“When we are trying to curb the centralized power of these giants, in this case Facebook and Google, there is bipartisan agreement to do so,” said John Schweppe, policy director of the American Principles Project. told DCNF. “Most voters agree that it should. I am doing something.”

“when [Kovacevich] “He’s talking about this misinformation, but he’s just trying to get the Democrats out in favor of big tech interests,” added Schweppe. (Related: Exclusive: Senators strike deal on journalism bill, add protections for conservative media)

Even compared to major California media outlets like the LA Times, the national right-wing media stands to gain the most.

California news desert newspapers, on the other hand, would receive almost nothing under the CJPA.

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— Progress Chamber (@ProgressChamber) May 31, 2023

The Chamber of Progress used the Global Disinformation Index (GDI) to identify which media are allegedly publishing disinformation. The GDI is a UK-based non-profit organization that describes itself as a “non-political” watchdog whose aim is to “destroy the disinformation business model”. according to to that website.

The GDI lists right-wing media outlets such as the New York Post and Newsmax as the highest and greatest risk levels, and media outlets such as NPR and The New York Times as the lowest risk.

“The ‘disinformation’ labeling of conservative news outlets has been a left-wing strategy to discredit news outlets that do not follow the lines of liberal groupthink,” said the founder of the Internet Accountability Project. CEO and President Mike Davis told DCNF. “The Chamber of Progress is a radical group that seeks to permeate everything with far-left ideology, so it is not surprising that it advocates censorship of conservative and even moderate media outlets. Publications and independent journalists are most likely to fall victim to censorship by big tech gatekeepers, and the CJPA will ultimately hammer the power of conservative media outlets by making them pay. right.”

meta The company is specifically opposed to the CJPA and has even threatened to remove the news from its California platform if the law is passed, the company said in an article. statement on wednesday.

“If the Protect Journalism Act is passed, we will be forced to remove news from Facebook and Instagram,” tweeted Andy Stone, director of policy communications at Meta. He added that the bill “will primarily benefit large out-of-state media companies under the guise of helping California publishers.”

Chris McKenzie, director of public affairs for the Chamber of Progress, told the DCNF that the coalition’s concern was not all conservative media publications seeking to profit from the bill, but “particularly media outlets known to spread disinformation. said to be in the institution.

The Progress Chamber lists its partners on its website, stating that it “remains true to the principles we set forth even if the partners disagree,” and none of the partner companies are on the board of directors. , said it had not received a vote on its achievements.

“While we take an independent policy stance from our corporate partners, we strive to be transparent about who our corporate partners are. The audience will be able to decide whether to do it,” Mackenzie said.

He also noted that organizations that support the CJPA “have partners who are financially interested in passing the CJPA.” He specifically referred to the News Media Alliance, saying, “It is.” Close relationships with dealers nationwide”

“Rather than supporting the bill as it stands, it may be more productive to provide targeted support to local journalism and explore alternative solutions that avoid unintended consequences,” the Progress Council said. Our research analysis concludes:

Mackenzie told the DCNF, “The Chamber of Progress has decided to ban GDI-listed disinformation outlets and Fox News due to the recent $787 million settlement over the spread of election disinformation. grouped,” he said.

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