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Facebook, Google fight bill that would help U.S. news industry

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Facebook, Google fight bill that would help U.S. news industry

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Critics accuse the companies of using content to drive traffic and ad revenue to their platforms without fairly compensating the publishers.\nThe move adds to pressure on the tech firms, which are facing antitrust lawsuits and the threat of more regulation.\nGoogle, which declined comment on the proposal, launched a websitehereon Thursday asserting it is \"one of the world's biggest financial supporters of journalism\" by virtue of the ad revenue and content licensing fees it provides to media. 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