{"id":408300,"date":"2022-02-17T21:34:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:34:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/publisher-trade-group-backs-bills-targeting-apple-google-monopolies\/"},"modified":"2022-02-17T21:34:50","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T18:34:50","slug":"publisher-trade-group-backs-bills-targeting-apple-google-monopolies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/publisher-trade-group-backs-bills-targeting-apple-google-monopolies\/","title":{"rendered":"#Publisher trade group backs bills targeting Apple, Google monopolies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Publisher trade group backs bills targeting <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>le, Google monopolies<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A group representing major <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> publishers is backing two bills aimed at reining in app stores owned by Apple and Alphabet\u2019s Google, according to a new report.<\/p>\n<p>The group, called Digital Content Next, wrote to US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to support bills targeting Big Tech, including one that would open up smartphone app stores to more competition, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/two-us-big-tech-antitrust-bills-backed-by-publisher-trade-group-2022-02-17\/\">Reuters<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>The group \u2014 which includes Post owner News Corp., as well as the New York Times Co., the Associated Press and NPR \u2014 also backed a measure that would ban giants like Amazon.com from giving preference to their own businesses when customers search their platforms.<\/p>\n<p>The two bills were voted out of the committee in recent weeks. They have also been approved by the <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/hankjohnson.house.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/congressmen-johnson-buck-introduce-bipartisan-plan-rein-app-store\">House Judiciary Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/google_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"General view of Google EMEA offices,\" class=\"wp-image-21245568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/google_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/google_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/google_02.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>The bills that are backed by news publishers are aimed at reining in Google and Apple, among others. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cPlatforms should be able to moderate their services to protect consumers, police IP [intellectual property] theft and prevent security lapses. However, some dominant platforms have leveraged their privileged status as gatekeeper to unfairly compete in other markets,\u201d Digital Content Next executives Jason Kint and Chris Pedigo wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<p>The members of the publishing group, which also includes Hearst and Conde Nast, see Google as unfairly siphoning off ad revenues. The group wants to see platforms\u2019 abilities to do this diminished, but its members are concerned about the bills wending their way through Congress being applied to the publishers, too.<\/p>\n<p>IPhone maker Apple, a target of the app store bill, has urged that it not be adopted because the bill would allow practices such as \u201csideloading,\u201d essentially using a non-Apple app store, which would mean that customers lose privacy protections that Apple offers, among other issues.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/apple-iphone_16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"AN Apple Store in Shanghai\" class=\"wp-image-21245612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/apple-iphone_16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/apple-iphone_16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/02\/apple-iphone_16.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Apple has urged lawmakers not to adopt the bill because it supports \u201csideloading,\u201d which could cause customers to lose privacy protections. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Barcroft <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For its part, Google cut its Play Store fees for subscription apps last October, following criticism of fees of about 30%.<\/p>\n<p>Lawmakers in both parties, some concerned about outsize market power and others about claims that conservative voices have been suppressed, have\u00a0probed\u00a0the biggest <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/technology\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"4\" title=\"Technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">technology<\/a> companies, including Meta Platforms Inc.\u2019s Facebook. There\u2019s a long list of bills aimed at reining in Big Tech, but so far, none have become law.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The group, called Digital Content Next, wrote to US Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. 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