Australia Passes Law Forcing Jew Media Google, Facebook to Pay News Publishers

[G.L.R.]

Australia Passes Law Forcing Google, Facebook to Pay News Publishers

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The Australian government has reportedly passed a new law requiring Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for access to their content.

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The Verge reports that the Australian government has passed a law that will force tech giants like Google and Facebook to negotiate a payment scheme with news outlets for access to their content or face arbitration. Australian Liberal party's deputy leader, stated: "This is a significant milestone. This legislation will help level the playing field & see Australian news media businesses paid for generating original content." The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission stated that the new law will address "a significant bargaining power imbalance between Australian news media businesses and Google and Facebook." The tech giants heavily resisted the bill, with Google threatening to pull out of the country entirely before announcing a deal with News Corp, and Facebook removing the pages of multiple Australian government bodies and non-profits as it blacklisted all media outlets in the country.

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Facebook has since agreed to restore access to news pages in the country after the government agreed to small changes to the legislation. The amendments include requiring an additional round of negotiation before binding arbitration takes effect as well as more acknowledgment of any deals Facebook reaches with publishers independently. The News Media Bargaining Code requires Facebook and Google to pay a fee to link to or use news content and includes a mandatory arbitration process if an agreement on fees cannot be reached. It also requires tech firms to give advanced notice to news organizations about upcoming changes to the firm's algorithms. Microsoft president Brad Smith tweeted his support of the new bill, calling it a "big step forward:"
 

Australia Passes Law Forcing Google, Facebook to Pay News Publishers
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2021/02/25/australia-passes-law-forcing-google-facebook-to-pay-news-publishers

[Rev.Cambeul]

I'd rather see an end to Google, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and the dating sites ... but it's all about .

There's evidence the new laws were watered down to please Facebook. When found, it'll be added here.