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Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax
ThinkingNews Desk · how this was written
Australia has introduced a draft News Bargaining Incentive scheme that will levy a 2.25 percent charge on the local revenues of Meta, Google and TikTok if the platforms do not reach agreements to pay Australian news publishers. The measure is intended to compel the tech firms to contribute financially to the country’s news industry.
Written from all 3 reports below, not from any single one.
How it was reported
- TechMeme·Australia unveils a draft News Bargaining Incentive scheme that imposes a 2.25% levy on local revenues for platforms; Meta says the government is "simply wrong" (The Guardian)
- The Next Web·Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok’s local revenues if they refuse to pay news publishers
- TechCrunch·Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax
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