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Posts about google tax written by Mike Masnick, Glyn Moody, and Tim Cushing

Posts about blocking links written by Mike Masnick

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.

Fri, Feb 26th 2021 7:39pm — Mike Masnick I've been somewhat amazed at the response to Facebook's decision in Australia to first block news links, in response to a dangerous new law, and then to cave in and cut deals with news organizations to pay for links. Most amazing to me is that otherwise reasonable people in Australia got very angry at me, insisting that I was misrepresenting the tax. They keep insisting it's not a tax, and that it's a "competition" response to "unfair bargaining power." Except, as I've discussed previously, there's nothing to bargain over when you should never have ...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   Feb 25, 2021 04:38 PM EST Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison to coordinate efforts in affirming that digital giants will pay publishers for content posted on their platforms. According to an official statement, the two PMs discussed on Monday a series of topics, including the need to oversee social media platforms. Canada, Australia's Regulation of Online Platforms According to Ottawa's statement, the two prime ministers discussed on February 22 the necessity to address online harm and have social medi...