Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
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Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

CNN  

Sydney Reuters — Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. 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 News Bargaining Initiative will … will create a financial incentive for agreement-making between digital platforms and news media businesses in Australia,” Jones told a press conference. “The proposal fails to account for the realities of how our platforms work, specifically that most people don’t come to our platforms for news content and that news publishers voluntarily choose to post content on our platforms because they receive value from doing so.” Meta struck deals with several Australian media firms including News Corp and national broadcaster Australian Broadcasting Corp but has since said it will not renew those arrangements beyond 2024.

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Australia to tax tech firms that earn $160 mn or more but don’t pay for news
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Australia to tax tech firms that earn $160 mn or more but don’t pay for news

Firstpost  

‘The real objective … is not to raise revenue – we hope not to raise any revenue. The real objective is to incentivise agreement-making between platforms and news media businesses in Australia,’ Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones said Facebook, TikTok, and other social media apps are likely to be affected by the new tax proposal. Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications …

Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Australia to force tech titans to pay for news

Raw Story  

Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media. "The rapid growth of digital platforms in recent years has disrupted Australia's media landscape, and it is threatening the viability of public interest journalism," Communications Minister Michelle …

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don't pay for news
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don't pay for news

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Australian government said Thursday …

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don’t pay for news
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don’t pay for news

Associated Press  

MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian government said Thursday it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations. The tax would apply from Jan. 1 to tech companies that earn more than 250 million Australian dollars a year in revenue from Australia, Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones and Communications Minister Michelle …

Australia plans to tax tech giants if they fail to pay news outlets
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Australia plans to tax tech giants if they fail to pay news outlets

Al Jazeera  

Firms like Meta face tax if they don’t pay for news driving traffic to their sites, depriving media firms of revenue. The Australian government has announced plans to tax Big Tech firms if they fail to share revenue with local news media organisations. The measure, applicable from January 1, will force firms like Meta and Google with an Australian-based revenue …

Meta tightens ad rules to curb financial scams aimed at Australians
1 month, 1 week ago

Meta tightens ad rules to curb financial scams aimed at Australians

The Hindu  

Instagram and Facebook-owner Meta Platforms said on Monday it had introduced stricter rules for advertisers of financial products and services targeting Australians, in a bid to crack down on scams on the social media platforms. The move comes after Meta in October said it took down 8,000 so-called "celeb bait" ads, as part of an effort with Australian banks to …

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms

NPR  

Inside the battle between Google and California newsrooms Google and the state of California are paying 250 million dollars over the next five years to California news outlets, and research AI technology they say will assist journalists. AILSA CHANG, HOST: Lawmakers in California recently came up with a bold new proposal requiring Google to pay news outlets for their content. …

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?

LA Times  

A man carries a copy of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2012. If the News Media Bargaining Code became law, Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva said in a Senate hearing, the company would have “no real choice” but to stop making Google Search available in Australia. Rod Sims, an economist and former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer …

Will Google strike a deal with California news outlets to fund journalism?
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Will Google strike a deal with California news outlets to fund journalism?

LA Times  

Google would have to pay California news outlets under legislation being considered in Sacramento. California news publishers and Big Tech companies appear to be inching toward compromise on a controversial bill that would require Google and huge social media platforms to pay news outlets for the articles they distribute. However, he said, the demise of journalism harms democracy: “Thus, we …

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today

Hindustan Times  

The ministry of information and broadcasting will hold an interministerial meeting on Wednesday to discuss the dominance of Big Tech companies in digital advertising and its disproportionate impact on digital news publishers and a possible legal framework to ensure a level playing field, according to a memorandum reviewed by HT. Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today …

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Column: News business needs help in California. Is government the answer?

LA Times  

Ink specialist David Oma works at the Los Angeles Times Olympic printing plant in February. There’s state legislation brewing that would force the largest internet platforms — like Google — to kick in money to help save journalism. Basically, the big internet platforms gobble up news outlets’ products and work without paying for it and build their own ad programs …

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Faced with possibly paying for news, Google removes links to California news sites for some users

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Google on Friday began removing California news websites from some people’s search results, a test that acted as a threat should the state Legislature pass a law requiring the search giant to pay media companies for linking to their content. Supporters said the legislation would help level the playing field between news publishers and large digital platforms …

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds
10 months, 1 week ago

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds

ABC  

If you ever get your daily news fix by scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, you may soon be seeing a whole lot less. "The number of people using Facebook News in Australia and the US has dropped by over 80 per cent last year," Meta said in a statement. Professor Martin said we have already seen dangerous deep fake videos …

Australia miffed with Facebook's plan to stop paying for news content
10 months, 1 week ago

Australia miffed with Facebook's plan to stop paying for news content

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had led the world with a law that forces internet giants to strike licencing deals. Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook News publishers and governments like …

Meta says not required to pay for Indonesia news content posted voluntarily
10 months, 2 weeks ago

Meta says not required to pay for Indonesia news content posted voluntarily

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms on Thursday said it understood it was not required to pay for content of news publishers posted voluntarily by users in Indonesia, following a government regulation seeking a sharing of profits between digital platforms and media firms. Indonesia's president signed a regulation on Monday requiring digital platforms to pay media outlets that provide them with content, …

Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news: PM Justin Trudeau
1 year ago

Canada to keep pressure on Facebook to pay for news: PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Ottawa will keep pushing Meta to comply with a new law requiring large internet companies to pay Canadian news publishers for their content, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Friday, but the Facebook parent stood by its decision to block news sharing rather than pay. "News outlets choose to use our free services because it helps their bottom line, and …

Google and Canada reach agreement on news sharing and payments: Know what it means
1 year, 1 month ago

Google and Canada reach agreement on news sharing and payments: Know what it means

India TV News  

Canada and Google have reportedly worked out a deal about a new law that makes big internet companies share ad money with news publishers. Details of the Agreement According to TOI, if it's true, the deal means Google will make yearly payments, of about C$100 million, to news companies. Online News Act Background The Online News Act, a part of …

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law
1 year, 1 month ago

Canada says Google will pay $74 million annually to Canadian news industry under new online law

Associated Press  

TORONTO — Canada’s government said Wednesday it reached a deal with Google for the company to contribute $100 million Canadian dollars annually to the country’s news industry to comply with a new Canadian law requiring tech companies to pay publishers for their content. “Unfortunately Meta continues to completely abdicate any responsibility towards democratic institutions.” Pascale St-Onge, the minister of Canadian …

Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
1 year, 4 months ago

Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again

Wired  

Facebook is done with news. And now, Meta is killing off the News tab in France, Germany, and the UK, where it is also ending funding for a well-liked local news project. Facebook-owner Meta said this week that it would remove the News tab in all three European countries by December, meaning it will no longer pull in articles to …

Facebook scraps multimillion-pound funding scheme as Sir Nick Clegg project fails
1 year, 4 months ago

Facebook scraps multimillion-pound funding scheme as Sir Nick Clegg project fails

The Telegraph  

Facebook’s Community News scheme was previously described by Sir Nick as something that “keeps journalism sustainable”. At the time of the tab’s 2018 launch, Facebook was under fire for allowing Russian troll farms to spread disinformation, including one notorious fake news factory linked to late Wagner mercenary chief Yevgeny Prigozhin. The Community News scheme helped Meta deflect criticism that its …

Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news
1 year, 4 months ago

Canada to start planning how it will make internet giants pay for news

The Hindu  

The Canadian regulator responsible for implementing the country's online news law on Thursday said it will start setting up a framework for negotiations between news organisations and internet giants this autumn, with the aim of initiating mandatory bargaining by early 2025. Canada's Online News Act, part of a global trend to make tech firms like Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook …

Why did Meta block Canada’s access to news reports?
1 year, 5 months ago

Why did Meta block Canada’s access to news reports?

The Hindu  

The story so far: On August 1, Meta announced that it will block users in Canada from posting and accessing news reports on its Facebook and Instagram platforms. This is after Canada’s Online News Act came into effect on July 22, stipulating that large digital players such as Meta and Google should pay news publishers for content that is made …

Meta starts blocking news in Canada
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta starts blocking news in Canada

The Hindu  

Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content. Google, another critic of the Online News Act, has said it is considering a similar move, among an ongoing global debate as more governments try to make tech firms pay for news …

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law
1 year, 6 months ago

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law

The Hindu  

Google on Thursday became the latest Silicon Valley giant to block Canadian users from seeing local news on its platform after Ottawa passed a bill requiring tech companies to pay for such content. The Online News Act became law last week, aiming to support a struggling Canadian news sector that has seen hundreds of publications close in the last decade. …

Australia may start fining Google, Meta and Twitter billions of dollars for fake news on their platforms
1 year, 6 months ago

Australia may start fining Google, Meta and Twitter billions of dollars for fake news on their platforms

Firstpost  

The Australian government has drafted new legislation aimed at addressing the spread of “misinformation” and fake news on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, says a report by The Age, a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia. Australia to hold platforms responsible for failure to remove fake news Michelle Rowland, the communications minister in Canberra, emphasized that “mis- and disinformation …

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

The Hindu  

Canada's Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government and Silicon Valley tech giants. “We have repeatedly shared that in order …

Canada set to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada set to require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news

LA Times  

Digital companies like Meta will have to pay media outlets for news content that they share on their platforms under an upcoming law in Canada. Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. Business California bill would force Big …

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law
1 year, 6 months ago

Canada will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news under bill set to become law

Associated Press  

OTTAWA, Ontario — Canada’s Senate on Thursday passed a bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms. The bill, which is set to become law, was passed amid a standoff between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government and Silicon Valley tech giants. “We have repeatedly shared …

Canada Justin Trudeau Online News Act Google Meta Alphabet Facebook Bullying Tactics Suppress
1 year, 7 months ago

Canada Justin Trudeau Online News Act Google Meta Alphabet Facebook Bullying Tactics Suppress

ABP News  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau accused Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms of employing "bullying tactics" in response to Canadian efforts to secure financial support for news publishers. The proposed legislation aims to compel internet giants such as Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial agreements and compensate publishers for their content. Google and Facebook argue that the provisions outlined in …

Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill: PM Trudeau
1 year, 7 months ago

Google, Meta using 'bullying tactics' against Canada's news bill: PM Trudeau

Hindustan Times  

Alphabet's Google and Meta Platforms are using "bullying tactics" against a Canadian push aimed at ensuring financial support for news publishers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday. The proposed legislation is designed to compel internet giants like Google and Meta's Facebook to negotiate commercial deals and pay publishers for their content. "The fact that these internet giants would rather …

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill
1 year, 7 months ago

Meta threatens to yank news content from California over payments bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms said on Wednesday it would remove news content in its home state of California if the state government passed legislation forcing tech companies to pay publishers. The proposed California Journalism Preservation Act would require "online platforms" to pay a "journalism usage fee" to news providers whose work appears on their services, aimed at reversing a decline …

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill
1 year, 8 months ago

Google, Meta executives push back against Canada online news bill

The Hindu  

Google and Meta would withdraw access to news articles in Canada if legislation compelling internet companies to pay news publishers is passed, company executives told Canadian lawmakers on Wednesday. Canada's proposed legislation would force platforms like Google parent Alphabet Inc. and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. to negotiate commercial deals and pay Canadian news publishers for their content, part of …

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content
1 year, 9 months ago

California bill would force Big Tech to pay for news content

LA Times  

Assemblymember Buffy Wicks, shown in January, introduced a bill Monday that, if approved, would mandate that digital advertising giants pay news outlets a “journalism usage fee” when they sell advertising alongside new stories. The California Journalism Competition and Preservation Act, announced by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks on Monday, if approved, would direct digital advertising giants to pay news outlets a “journalism …

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 11, Facebook-owner Meta reiterated its stance against Canada’s proposed Online News Act. Introduced in April 2022, Canada’s ‘Online News Act,’ also known as the House of Commons bill C-18, aims to make Big Tech companies like Google and Meta compensate local news publishers for making the latter’s content available for users on its platforms. …

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be “forced to consider” removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material. Meta said it would rather pull news from its platforms than “submit to government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard the value we provide to news outlets.” The value, …

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be “forced to consider” removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material. Meta said it would rather pull news from its platforms than “submit to government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard the value we provide to news outlets.” The value, …

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill

Firstpost  

Meta argues that publishers and broadcasters who put their content on platforms like Facebook or Twitter do so for better reach and to earn revenue, which benefits publishers and broadcasters, not distributors like Facebook or Twitter. Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that Facebook will “be forced to consider removing news” from Facebook if a new …

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organisations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual …

Big Tech cannot have a free lunch
2 years, 1 month ago

Big Tech cannot have a free lunch

Hindustan Times  

The world over, news businesses battle a common dilemma: With revenues from traditional subscription models dwindling, more organisations want to pivot to sustenance from digital streams, given the surge in online readership and the possibility of expanding to new geographical locations and demographic groups. Yet, the digital media space is dominated by tech giants such as Google and Facebook, often …

New Zealand plans to make Facebook, Google Pay for news
2 years, 1 month ago

New Zealand plans to make Facebook, Google Pay for news

Live Mint  

New Zealand said it would seek to require online platforms like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. to pay news publishers for content, becoming the latest country to wade into a worldwide debate about whether tech giants unfairly benefit from news shared on their platforms. New Zealand’s proposal will be based on a similar law in Australia …

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news
2 years, 1 month ago

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

The Hindu  

The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta Platforms Inc. to pay New Zealand media companies for the local news content that appears on their feeds. Minister of Broadcasting Willie Jackson said in a statement on Sunday that the legislation will be modelled on …

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content
2 years, 5 months ago

India May Enact Regulations Asking Big Tech to Compensate News Outlets for Their Content

News 18  

aceAustralia’s “News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code” has made it compulsory for the Big Tech companies to pay news publishers for showing links on their platforms. Recently, the minister of state for IT and electronics Rajeev Chandrasekhar told the Times of India, that the government is thinking about passing a law requiring tech companies such as Google, Meta, …

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means
2 years, 5 months ago

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means

India Today  

After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly putting the final touches to a new piece of legislation that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they display on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel global tech majors such as Alphabet, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and …

Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam advertisements
2 years, 9 months ago

Australian watchdog sues Meta over scam advertisements

The Hindu  

Australia's competition watchdog filed a lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms on Friday, alleging the social media giant failed to prevent scammers using its platform to promote fake ads featuring well-known people. The The lawsuit filed in the Federal Court also alleges Facebook "aided and abetted or was knowingly concerned in false or misleading conduct and representations by the advertisers," …

Now tech giants Google and Facebook may be forced to pay newspapers for their stories
2 years, 11 months ago

Now tech giants Google and Facebook may be forced to pay newspapers for their stories

Daily Mail  

Tech giants such as Google and Facebook will be required to pay newspapers and other media outlets for using their stories, under new laws being drawn up by the Government. Concern: Nadine Dorries wants to rein in the power of the tech platforms The unit will also investigate the algorithms used by search engines such as Google, which many news …

Google's dominance in online ads harming businesses: Australian regulator
3 years, 3 months ago

Google's dominance in online ads harming businesses: Australian regulator

The Hindu  

Google dominates Australia's online advertising market to the point of harming publishers, advertisers and ultimately consumers, the country's anti-trust regulator said, calling for new rules to rein in the Big Tech giant. "Google has used its vertically integrated position to operate its ad tech services in a way that has, over time, led to a less competitive ad tech industry," …

UK Sets up New Regulatory Board to Curb Facebook, Google's Power Over News Publishers
3 years, 9 months ago

UK Sets up New Regulatory Board to Curb Facebook, Google's Power Over News Publishers

News 18  

Britain’s new regulator for tech giants Facebook and Google, launches on Wednesday with an initial remit to see if a code of conduct could improve the balance of power between the platforms and news publishers. The Digital Markets Unit, based in the Competition and Markets Authority, has been set up to stop big tech companies abusing their market dominance after …

New Zealand News Media Company Stuff Rejects Facebook : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
3 years, 9 months ago

New Zealand News Media Company Stuff Rejects Facebook : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

NPR  

Facebook And The News: It's Complicated Enlarge this image LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images The relationship between Facebook and the news industry has been pretty rocky over the past decade or so. The company cut off news because the country was getting ready to pass a law that would force big online platforms, including Facebook, …

BJP's Sushil Modi seeks law on lines of Australian regulation to make Facebook, Google pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

BJP's Sushil Modi seeks law on lines of Australian regulation to make Facebook, Google pay for news

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Taking a cue from Australia, India should enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, “The government must make Google, …

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