Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
The Hindu
Australia's parliament adopted landmark legislation on Thursday requiring global digital platforms to pay for showing Australian news content on their platforms.
The law easily passed after Facebook and Google, the main targets of the legislation, reached agreements to pay Australian news organisations to avoid being subjected to tough mandatory bargaining rules under the regulation.
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