 Will this bill actually result in more journalists covering more regional and local news? That's the intent. Does this bill achieve that? Second, how will this bill help or hurt our efforts to combat hate speech and disinformation online that have poisoned our discourse in recent years as Senator Kennedy has lamented And I agree And also what broader implications or unintended Consequences will this bill have on the future of the open internet and I'm not alone in my concerns a Coalition of nonprofit organizations and associations sent this committee a letter warning that this bill and again, I'll quote from the letters Forces platforms to negotiate for payments and to carry the contents of any digital journalism provider That qualifies to be a part of a joint negotiation Regardless of how extreme their content This is a direct assault on a bedrock principle of content moderation on the internet and will increase the amount of networked information Hate speech and harassment found there