Children's Health Defense The DOJ argued that the Trusted News Initiative — a partnership formed by Reuters, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, BBC and others — engaged in anticompetitive practices when its members colluded with tech platforms to censor alternative viewpoints published by smaller independent media outlets.
In a show of support for independent media voices, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) today filed a statement of interest backing Children’s Health Defense (CHD) and a group of independent journalists who sued several of the world’s largest news and Big Tech organizations.
In a 22-page statement filed with the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, the DOJ argued that the Trusted News Initiative (TNI) — a partnership formed by Reuters, The Washington Post, The Associated Press, BBC and others — engaged in anticompetitive practices when its members colluded with tech platforms to censor alternative viewpoints.
According to the DOJ statement:
“News consumers desire and demand diverse perspectives. Americans therefore vitally depend on viewpoint competition in the marketplace of ideas to limit the abuse of market power and ensure the free flow of information in our democracy. …
“… The United States therefore files this statement to urge the Court to reject Defendants’ suggestion that the antitrust laws play no part in protecting viewpoint competition in news markets. Instead, controlling precedent shows that the Sherman Act protects all forms of competition, including competition in information quality.”
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