Google opens paid-for Australian platform in drive to undercut Government’s proposed content payment laws – ABC News

Google has launched a platform in Australia offering news it has paid for after striking its own content deals with publishers.

• The platform offering news Google has paid for is part of a drive to show new laws are unnecessary
• The Federal Government has proposed world first legislation to enforce Google to pay for news
• Google says it looks forward to striking agreements with more Australian publishers

It’s part of a drive to show that world-first legislation proposed by the Federal Government to…

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