Brian Merchant on Nostr: This week, in a stunning series of events, a bill that was written to save local ...

This week, in a stunning series of events, a bill that was written to save local journalism from big tech was gutted in a backroom deal—and wound up bailing out Google and *boosting AI* instead. You can't make this stuff up.

How it happened:

https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/how-a-bill-meant-to-save-journalism