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Australia to introduce ‘news tax’ on tech companies

The Australian government plans to introduce a levy on social media companies and search engines to force them to pay publishers for journalism after Meta, the

Australian govt to charge tech giants if they fail to pay for news

Tech companies who refuse to strike deals with Australian publishers will be made to pay as the government plays "four-dimensional chess" and forces the industr

Australia lays tax trap for Meta, with an expensive way out

Australia has created a tax that only big tech companies must pay – but which they can also legally avoid by paying money to Aussie news publishers. The new

Australia to force tech giants to keep paying for news

Australia's government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successo

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

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

Sydney Reuters  —  Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for

How Australia’s Big Tech news ‘incentive’ will work

Facebook, Google and TikTok parent companies will be charged penalties if they fail to strike new commercial agreements with news publi

Australia to force tech titans to pay for news

Traditional media companies the world over are in a battle for survival as precious advertising dollars are hoovered up online.Australia wants big tech companie

Big tech firms like Meta forced to pay for news, under Albanese government’s ‘news bargaining incentive’ charge

Big tech companies would have to either do deals with news organisations to help fund journalism or pay a charge to the Australian government, under a new

Facebook, Google to fund Australian journalism under new tax plan

Facebook, Google and TikTok will be forced to fund Australian journalism, even if they do not host it, under a federal government plan to impose a new tax aimed

TikTok caught in Australian tech charge as Labor unveils Meta fightback

But Jones and Communications Minister Michelle Rowland have committed to funding media business at least the same level as the current voluntary deals, which ha

A Meta-sized question: Can the Australian government force tech giants to pay for news?

The federal government has revealed a new bargaining chip in the gamble to bring big tech back to the table with news publishers.The "news media bargaining ince