Case against Google-Facebook in US, unethical grabbing half digital earnings
New York, Sunday 31 January 2021
The U.S. Colliston Gazette Mail and various West Virginia newspapers have filed lawsuits against Google and Facebook. These tech companies have been accused of adopting monopolies for profit and false rituals to end competition. This is hurting the newspapers.
In the first case filed by a newspaper, it was alleged that Google focused on online advertising. Google and Facebook signed a mutual agreement. In 2019, these two tech companies grabbed 50% of the total digital advertising revenue.
Advertising is the primary source of newspaper revenue, and due to the agreement of tech companies, there is no way for newspapers to compete for online advertising.
The Gazette Mail, which won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Investigative Journalism, said in the case that 25 percent of American newspapers were shut down between 2004 and 2018 due to unfair practices by these tech companies.
Thousands have lost their jobs. Doug Reynolds, managing associate of Gazette Mail's HD Media, called on all newspapers in the country to unite and confront these companies, saying it was not only the future of the press but also a battle to save democracy.
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