by Theleaders | April 28, 2026 11:37 am
SYDNEY, April 28 — Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that will charge tech giants Meta, Google and TikTok unless they voluntarily strike deals to pay local outlets for news.
“Platforms who elect not to do commercial deals with news publishers will need to pay a charge as a proportion of their revenue, with any charges collected to be distributed back to the news media sector,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a statement.
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