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- The Australian government has passed a new law requiring Google and Facebook to negotiate with news outlets to pay for their content or face arbitration.
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Dec 2, 2022 · SYDNEY, Dec 2 (Reuters) - An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms (META.O) and Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google negotiate content...
Mar 8, 2024 · With Meta's announcement last week, Australia is heading towards another Facebook news ban similar to 2021. This will be bad for everyone. Here's a likely scenario for what will happen next.
- James Purtill
Feb 25, 2021 · Australia has now passed the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, which could force Facebook and Google to pay publishers if they host their content.
- Sara Morrison
- Support Across The Political Spectrum Was Key
- Nondisclosure Agreements Are A Continuing Problem
- Other Countries Are Looking at Adapting and Improving Upon The Australian Code
In passing the code, the Green party’s support was key. “If we couldn’t get this done when we had the bulk of the mainstream media on board and political parties in agreement then what hope would we have had in terms of doing anything to regulate the online space?,” said Greens MP Sarah Hanson-Young. She noted that the widespread support for the Co...
Misha Ketchell, editor of The Conversation, said that Google was fairly quick to offer a deal but that Facebook simply refused to come to the table. “The other issue that we faced in the early phase of doing the deals was just the information asymmetry in the market. There was no market. We knew nothing. We went to Facebook and Google and said, ‘Wh...
Australia has kicked the discussion into gear by putting its code in place. And it seems to be working better than its doubters had expected. The proposed Journalism Competition and Preservation Act sponsored by U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn,follows the spirit of the Australian code in getting Google and Facebook to pay for content they use. The ...
Aug 3, 2023 · Instead, Ottawa passed the Online News Act in June, requiring tech giants to pay news outlets for content they share or otherwise repurpose. And on Tuesday, Facebook's parent company, Meta ...
Feb 18, 2021 · A dispute over a planned law that would force tech giants Facebook and Google to pay for news content in Australia is being keenly watched worldwide.
Feb 25, 2021 · The News Media Bargaining Code requires Facebook and Google to pay a negotiated fee to link to or use news content, and includes a mandatory arbitration process if an agreement on fees...
