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Explained: What's Australia's new media bargain code all about? Depending on who is explaining it, the code can oscillate between a sham to fill the coffers of Big Media to a plan for news publishers to get their due from Big Tech. On February 17, the Australian House of Representatives passed a piece of legislation called the News Media Bargaining Code. Under the code, Facebook and Google are required to pay Australian news outlets for displaying their content. In response, Facebook stopped displaying news content from the country. What forced Facebook to take such a drastic step? Why is Go...

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Here's what you need to know about Australia's media code — an effort to make social media companies pay publishers that could echo around the world.

Google to disable search option in Australia if media code comes into force Australia is on course to pass laws that would make the Big Tech giants negotiate payments with local publishers and broadcasters for content Reuters | January 22, 2021 | Updated 10:12 IST Google's threat to limit its services in Australia came just hours after the internet giant reached a content-payment deal with some French news publishers Google said on Friday it will disable its search function in Australia if the government proceeds with a media code that would force it and Facebook Inc to pay local media compa...