Free Press and others are concerned that a provision in the bill is overly broad and would prevent companies from removing harmful content from their platforms.
The American Innovation and Choice Online Act contains a provision that would make it difficult or impossible for covered companies to deplatform and remove from their sites any business that traffics in hateful, racist, violent or otherwise harmful content.
Free Press and others have argued that tech companies should pay more in taxes, with some of those tax revenues earmarked for support of quality journalism.
DiIRECTV's decision to drop One America News follows months of public pressure led by groups including Free Press, Color Of Change, Common Cause and Media Matters for America.
Urge policymakers to adopt the Disinfo Defense League platform, a roadmap to stopping the spread of disinformation about elections, the pandemic and other crucial issues.