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New plan to punish tech giants over news sharing

Big tech companies could be forced to pay for Australian journalism under a reported plan from the federal government.The Sydney Morning Herald reported that

As it happened: PM announces NRL deal with PNG; Australia supports UN vote for Gaza ceasefire

In news that will have come as a surprise to many ticket purchasers but to almost nobody in the music industry, Bluesfest organiser Peter Noble has confessed th

Live: Fresh plan for tech giants to pay for Australian news

12m agoWed 11 Dec 2024 at 8:34pmDutton defends nuclear planPeter Dutton has defended his plan to build seven nuclear reactors across Australia after the CSIRO d

New plan seeks to force big tech to pay for Australian journalism

PAYING FOR NEWS Despite the prime minister experiencing yet another bruising week of news coverage, the announcements show no sign of letting up (perhaps thereâ

Australia news LIVE: Labor to force big tech to pay for Australian journalism; Meta outage impacting Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp

Social media users report they cannot access Facebook, Instagram or WhatsApp, as Meta confirms a mass outage of its platforms.Outage tracking website Downdetect

Labor to force tech giants to keep paying news publishers

Tech giants who refuse to renew their commercial deals with Australian news publishers will face financial penalties under a proposal by the Labor government.Pr

Australia fights back against Zuckerberg with social media penalty fees

A key feature of the government scheme is that the financial penalty on the tech companies would be greater than the cost of striking multimillion-dollar commer

Aussie tech company hands out whopping bonuses to staff

A young Australian tech company has celebrated its multi-billion dollar acquisition by surprising workers with whopping $65,000 bonuses.Sydney-based data centre

Talent demands soar amid Australia’s tech boom

Australia has established a healthy digital economy over the last decade, and Aussie businesses have embraced the latest technologies t

As Australia bans social media for kids under 16, age-assurance tech is in the spotlight | TechCrunch

Age assurance, an umbrella term that refers to technologies for verifying, estimating, or inferring an internet user’s age, is being thrust into the global s

Australia proposes new regime to fine tech companies for anti-competitive practices

The Australian government on Monday unveiled a proposed competition scheme to introduce new laws that would allow global technology companies to be fined up to

The push for ‘true’ sovereign capability in Australia’s tech sector

The inquiry also highlighted that foreign-owned and operating SMEs, possessing an ABN, are currently able to sell to the Australian government under the guise o