Australia to charge tech companies for news content if they don’t pay

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The move, described as a 'news bargaining initiative,' piles pressure on global tech giants like Meta Platforms and Google to pay publishers for content or face the risk of paying millions to continue operations in Australia

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The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative”, piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to pay publishers for content or face the risk of paying millions to continue operations in Australia. The charge will be offset for any commercial agreements that are voluntarily entered into between the platforms and news media businesses, he added.

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