By Press Association 2021
A disclaimer is shown on the bottom of Australiaâs Bureau of Meteorology page on the Facebook app
Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism have raised questions among proponents and critics, including whether it effectively makes Google and Facebook “pay for clicks”.
The battle is being watched closely in the European Union, where officials and legislators are drafting sweeping new digital regulations.
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee (Herbert Knosowski/AP)
Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, said the Australian plans could set a precedent that renders the internet as we know it unworkable.