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Australia Passes Law To Make Google, Facebook Pay For News
Dais Newsfeed | 25/02/2021 08:31 AM | Click to read full article
Australia's laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.
Rod Sims, the competition regulator who drafted the code, said he was happy that the amended legislation would address the market imbalance between Australian news publishers and the two gateways to the internet.
