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Tim Walz Says Tech Companies Are Causing 'Disruptions' To Middle Class Families, Wants Social Media Taxed To Offset AI Job Losses - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Summary by Benzinga
On Wednesday, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.) is pushing a new tax on social media companies as part of a broader effort to address job disruptions caused by artificial intelligence. Walz Targets Big Tech Over AI Job Disruption Walz said that technology companies are driving economic shifts that are disproportionately affecting workers. "Tech companies are causing disruptions to jobs and our economy, and middle class families are bearing the consequence…

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Benzinga broke the news in New York, United States on Thursday, March 19, 2026.
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