Germany Calls for Taxing Big Tech Companies to Benefit Local Media

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The head of Germany's media watchdog, Thorsten Schmiege, called on major digital platforms to contribute financially to preserving local media diversity, according to an interview he gave to the Augsburger Allgemeine daily published on Monday.

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For the protection of local media, the media supervisor Thorsten Schmiege pleads for the financial contribution of the large digital platforms to diversity. "Why should not an appropriate proportion of those whose content ultimately benefits large platforms economically," said Schmiege of the "Augsburger Allgemeine". The democratic function of local media is "enormous". "Local journalism is not a Nice-to-have, but democratic infrastructure," sai…