Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
1 week, 4 days 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 Rowland told reporters. Social media platforms with Australian revenue of more than US$160 million a year will be taxed a still-to-be-decided figure earmarked to pay for news. Supporters of such laws argue that tech titans attract users with news stories and devour online advertising dollars that would otherwise go to struggling newsrooms.

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Australia to tax tech firms that earn $160 mn or more but don’t pay for news
1 week, 3 days 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 plans to tax digital platforms that don’t pay for news
1 week, 4 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 …

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
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1 week, 4 days ago

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 …

Australian parliament debates social media ban for children under 16
1 month ago

Australian parliament debates social media ban for children under 16

Firstpost  

The world-first legislation would force social media firms to take steps to prevent those under 16 years of age from accessing platforms such as X, TikTok, Facebook and Instagram Australian PM Anthony Albanese has endorsed banning children from registering social media accounts until they are 16. X/AlboMP Social media companies could be fined more than US$30 million if they fail …

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?
4 months, 4 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 …

Meet on revenue-sharing between Big Tech, online news publishers today
6 months, 1 week 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 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 …

What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music
9 months ago

What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music

ABC  

Why are musicians so keen to get played on the radio? Legislation dating back to 1968 has given Australian radio stations a blanket right to play whatever music they want so long as they negotiate a payment rate with the relevant collecting society. If the station and collecting society can't agree on the rate, the decision is made by an …

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds
9 months, 3 weeks 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
9 months, 3 weeks 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 …

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 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 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 …

Why did Meta block Canada’s access to news reports?
1 year, 4 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 …

Elon Musk-owned X sued by AFP over copyright issue
1 year, 4 months ago

Elon Musk-owned X sued by AFP over copyright issue

The Hindu  

News company Agence France-Presse has sued the Elon Musk-owned X, previously known as Twitter, over copyright as it tries to force the social media platform to pay the news outlet in exchange for displaying its content. However, X has not entertained the matter and the news agency wants a Paris court to order the social media company to submit relevant …

Meta starts blocking news in Canada
1 year, 4 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 …

Canadian companies halt ads on Facebook, Instagram after Meta blocks news access
1 year, 5 months ago

Canadian companies halt ads on Facebook, Instagram after Meta blocks news access

The Hindu  

Several Canadian companies and government agencies have stopped advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta Platforms decided to stop news access on the apps over a law that requires payments to local news publishers. We hope to work together to ensure that all parties can do what the Online News Act allows for, to bargain fairly, level the playing field …

Google to block local news in Canada in response to media law
1 year, 5 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. …

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law
1 year, 5 months ago

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law

NPR  

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law Enlarge this image toggle caption LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images Googles said on Thursday that it will block all links to Canadian news articles for people using its search engine and other services in the country in response to a new …

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 …

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau
1 year, 7 months ago

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc.'s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the Trudeau government's legislation on Monday, a Meta official said news has …

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 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 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, …

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

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 21, Meta threatened to block news content from Facebook in Canada. The law can force social media platforms like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content. The law lays down rules that mandate platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate deals with news publications. Tech companies like Facebook profit …

Facebook Warns To Block News Content In Canada. Here's Why
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Warns To Block News Content In Canada. Here's Why

ABP News  

Facebook has warned that it may block news content on its platform in Canada, outlining concerns over the bill that would compel the company to pay news publishers. Canada's Online News Act which was introduced in April laid out rules for tech giants like Google and Facebook draw to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. “We …

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 …

New Zealand News Media Company Stuff Rejects Facebook : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
3 years, 8 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, …

Sushil Modi Urges Centre to Enact Australia-like Law to Make Google, Facebook, YouTube Pay for News Content
3 years, 9 months ago

Sushil Modi Urges Centre to Enact Australia-like Law to Make Google, Facebook, YouTube Pay for News Content

News 18  

BJP Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi on Wednesday urged the Centre to enact an ‘Australia-like’ law which would make tech giants such as Google, Facebook and YouTube to share their Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, Modi said, “Media makes a lot of investment employing reporters, cameramen, anchors, desk people to collect news, verify it and then deliver …

Enact Laws to Make Google, Facebook Pay for News in India: BJP Leader Sushil Modi in Rajya Sabha
3 years, 9 months ago

Enact Laws to Make Google, Facebook Pay for News in India: BJP Leader Sushil Modi in Rajya Sabha

News 18  

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, Facebook and …

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content

NPR  

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content Enlarge this image toggle caption Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Facebook has reached a deal to pay News Corp.'s Australian arm for local articles that appear on the social media giant's platform – after it briefly pulled the plug on such content to protest a change in …

Australia passes media law that requires tech firms to pay for news: Will the system be replicated globally?
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes media law that requires tech firms to pay for news: Will the system be replicated globally?

Firstpost  

The Australian law is seen as a potential model for companies around the world who have seen their advertising revenues decimated by the rise of internet platforms. After months of tense negotiation, the government agreed to water down elements of the new law in exchange for Facebook and Google agreeing to payment deals with struggling local media firms – seen …

Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news. Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg on Wednesday took a veiled swipe at News Corp. in a social media post criticizing Australia’s law, which is aimed at setting …

Should governments regulate online platforms?
3 years, 9 months ago

Should governments regulate online platforms?

The Hindu  

Australia’s new News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code will force platforms like Facebook and Google to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content in news feeds or search results. There are a lot of other places I can see it going than Mr. Murdoch in Australia or the hedge funds that control the largest media …

‘Google Should Pay’: Indian Newspaper Body Asks for 85% Ad Revenue
3 years, 9 months ago

‘Google Should Pay’: Indian Newspaper Body Asks for 85% Ad Revenue

The Quint  

The newspaper body noted how big tech has recently agreed to better compensate publishers in the European Union, France and Australia after many years of publishers across the world raising their concerns on ad revenue and of payment for their content. However, newspaper publishers are seeing their share of the advertising pie shrinking in the digital space, even as Google …

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms like Google, Facebook to pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms like Google, Facebook to pay for news

Firstpost  

Sydney: Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies. Google has already brokered deals worth millions of dollars with Australian media companies, including the two largest: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Nine Entertainment. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s …

Australia passes amended law to make Google and Facebook pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes amended law to make Google and Facebook 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 Australia has passed new law …

Australian Parliament Passes Media Bill That Forces Google, Facebook to News Outlets for Content
3 years, 9 months ago

Australian Parliament Passes Media Bill That Forces Google, Facebook to News Outlets for Content

News 18  

The Australian parliament on Thursday passed a new law designed to force Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook to pay media companies for content used on their platforms in reforms that could be replicated in other countries. Subsequent amendments to the bill included giving the government the discretion to release Facebook or Google from the arbitration process if they prove they …

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook 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 Australia’s laws forcing Google and …

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals. Google and Facebook need media, but they don’t need any particular media company, and that meant media companies couldn’t do commercial deals,” the Australian Competition …

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news

Live Mint  

Australia's parliament passed landmark legislation Thursday requiring global digital giants to pay for local news content, in a move closely watched around the world. The law passed easily after a last-gasp deal that watered-down binding rules Facebook and Google had fiercely opposed in return for the tech giants agreeing to pay local media companies. "Importantly, the code encourages parties to …

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc.’s brief but tempestuous standoff with the Australian government over a world-first pay-for-news law is only the start of a string of regulatory battles that the world’s biggest social network faces in 2021. Mark Zuckerberg started the year on the offensive, blocking news across Rupert Murdoch’s home turf of Australia to fend off demands that Facebook pay media companies …

Australia closer to passing watershed Google, Facebook laws
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia closer to passing watershed Google, Facebook laws

The Hindu  

Australia's lawmakers on Tuesday inched closer to passing landmark laws that would force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to pay news outlets for content and could set a precedent for tighter regulation in other nations. The country is on course to become the first to introduce laws that challenge big technology firms' dominance in the news content market, with …

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Hindustan Times  

Facebook will restore Australian news pages after Canberra offered amendments to a proposed law designed to force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday. Australia and the social media group have been locked in a standoff for more than a week after the government introduced legislation that challenged Facebook and …

Facebook To Restore News Pages In Australia After Cutting A Deal With The Government
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook To Restore News Pages In Australia After Cutting A Deal With The Government

ABP News  

New Delhi: Facebook executives, over the past week discussed with Treasurer Frydenberg and Minister Fletcher and came to an agreement to amend media law. It’s always been our intention to support journalism in Australia and around the world, and we’ll continue to invest in news globally and resist efforts by media conglomerates to advance regulatory frameworks that do not take …

Facebook to restore news pages in Australia soon, says govt agreed to changes
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook to restore news pages in Australia soon, says govt agreed to changes

Live Mint  

Social media giant Facebook Inc. said it will restore news pages in Australia after reaching an agreement with the government. Restrictions on news sharing on Facebook’s Australian platform should be lifted “in the coming days," William Easton, managing director of Facebook Australia, said in a statement Tuesday. Facebook blocked news pages in Australia last week in opposition to a planned …

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