Australia’s parliament has passed the “News Bargaining Incentive” on Thursday, a law focused on top tech platforms like Meta, Google, TikTok and Microsoft, handing them a choice between signing paid ...

Gaps are emerging in the provision of local news across Australia, but embracing community-driven content could be key to improving the viability of local news. A new report from the University of ...

At an Australian parliamentary hearing last month, Meta once again suggested it could ban links to news on Facebook and Instagram in Australia. This would repeat the ban it enacted for more than a ...

SYDNEY, Aug 20 (Reuters) - Australia passed legislation ⁠on ⁠Thursday that will force tech ⁠giants to pay millions of dollars in levies if they fail to strike commercial deals with local media outlets ...

In 2022, I got cranky with the nation of Australia over its News Media Bargaining Code — its convoluted scheme to get money out of big tech companies’ pockets and into news companies’. The idea in a ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has doubled down on the government’s commitment to implement local content quotas for streaming platforms, despite mounting pressure from the U.S. amid ...

The legislation, known as the News Bargaining Incentive, imposes a charge equal to 2.5% of Australian advertising revenue on covered digital platforms unless they enter qualifying arrangements with ...

SYDNEY--Australia aims to tax major tech companies 2.25% of local revenue if they don't agree to pay local media outlets for news distributed on Facebook, Google and TikTok. Australia's federal ...

SYDNEY, Aug 3 (Reuters) - The Australian government has hiked a planned levy that will force tech giants to pay multimillion-dollar charges if they fail to strike commercial deals with local ‌media ...