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After Meta signals end to publisher payouts, Australia plots Big Tech news tax
Australia passed legislation requiring platform giants including Facebook-owner Meta and YouTube's parent Google to negotiate with news
Australia to slap tech giants like Google, Meta with fees if they don’t pay news companies for content
Australia is planning to pass a new rule forcing major tech conglomerates to continue paying media companies to use their content on their social media platforms, government officials said Thursday. The News Bargaining Incentive pressures major tech giants like Meta and Google to renew paid partnerships with Australian media companies or face a fine.
Australia wants to make digital platforms pay for news — even if they block it, like Meta did here
Under the proposed new rules, any internet company that refuses to negotiate with publishers or removes news from its platform — as Facebook owner Meta Platforms did in Canada — would be forced to pay regardless,
Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news
Australia's government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successor to a world-first law that Australia passed in 2021, which was designed to make giants like Meta and Google pay for hosting news on their platforms.
Australia To Force Tech Titans To Pay For News Shared On Platforms
Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media.
Australia to force Google, Meta to pay for news shared on platforms
Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media.
Australia demands big social platforms pay local news publishers
Australia is not messing around when it comes to big tech. Last month the country introduced a law that, if passed, would ban all people 16 and younger from social media. Now, its coming after social media and search engines alike,
Australia to make Google, Meta, other tech firms pay media companies for news
SYDNEY: The Australian government is working on measures to make big tech firms pay media companies for news content on their platforms.The News Bargaining Initiative will create a
Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media.
Meta, TikTok, Google all set to be taxed if they can’t bargain in good faith with Australian media outlets
Global tech giants have been put on notice. They face a new tax in Australia if they refuse to pay for journalism. The long-awaited plan from the Albanese government would force firm like Facebook and Google to pay the tax even if they don’t host any news.
Google, ByteDance, Meta Face Australian News Tax—Big Tech Responds
The Australian government has proposed new rules to force platform operators to share revenue with the publishers of news content they host. Building on the
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Australia lays fiendish tax trap for Meta – with an expensive escape hatch
If Zuck and other Big Tech players pay news publishers, their bills vanish Australia has created a tax that only big tech ...
Australia to force tech giants to pay for news
Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled on Thursday, ...
Australia To Force Meta And Google To Pay For News Shared On Platforms
Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, ...
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Australia's New Levy: A Strategic Game Against Big Tech
Australia's government introduces a levy to pressure digital platforms like Meta and Google to negotiate with news publishers. As platforms refuse deals, they face higher costs, drawing parallels with ...