Mandatory Bargaining Code News Today

Nana Ama Sarfo outlines the state of digital link taxes and how they demonstrate that unilateral taxes on digital service providers continue to evolve.

In hooking themselves up to government subsidies and now government-ordered subsidies, the chains have apparently been willing to sell out press freedom in Canada to federal bureaucrats. But the chains overplayed their hand by failing to consider the possibility that Meta and Google might not sit still for such extortion and would simply walk away instead.

The Federal Government has released the final report of the Treasury’s review of the News Media Bargaining Code. The review found that in the first year

Commercial Radio Australia released a statement on the review of the News Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code, saying digital giants

Sign our petition to request that Treasurer Josh Frydenberg “designate” Google and Facebook under the News Media Bargaining Code to force Google and Facebook to negotiate payment for all publishers who genuinely serve the public interest.

An unusual new media code Updated: Updated: March 01, 2021 22:48 IST There is little exploration of alternative policy approaches, or the longer-term consequences of Australia’s new law Share Article AAA There is little exploration of alternative policy approaches, or the longer-term consequences of Australia’s new law This week, the Australian Parliament passed a world-first law targeting Google and Facebook. The lead up to the bill pitted the government against two of the world’s lar...