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Meta, TikTok and Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
The Albanese government has unveiled a charge to incentivise digital platforms to pay publishers. Here’s what you need to know
The new model will require digital platforms with Australian revenues of more than $250m – at least Meta, Bytedance (TikTok) and Google – to participate by paying a fixed charge or enter direct deals. The changes will effectively restore the revenue that was set to be lost by Meta ending its deals to compensate for carrying news, and provide certainty that other tech giants won’t follow suit. The government settled on the charge and offset model to prevent digital platforms refusing to carry news as a means to escape a requirement being imposed to bargain with local publishers.
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