Meta, TikTok and Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

Albanese government unveils charge to incentivise digital platforms to pay publishers

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Digital platforms will be forced to pay for Australian news regardless of whether they enter new deals with publishers, preventing companies such as Meta side-stepping the news media bargaining code.

On Thursday the Albanese government announced its news bargaining incentive", a charge applied to digital platforms which is effectively refunded by an offset if they pay news companies directly instead.