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[–] CDanger 2 points (+2|-0)

Designed to limit the power over news publishers that tech giants such as Facebook and Google have, it requires online platforms to pay publishers a fee if they link to their news content.

The theory is that this would help support smaller news publishers and drive users to their homepages rather than directly to their news stories.

Nope. Expect to see this do the exact opposite and benefit the large publishers. Placing barriers to entry like this (such as requiring those who run websites to police content and uploads) always favors the large players.