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Backers of Australia’s mandatory news code welcome French ruling on Google – The Guardian
Paris court orders the tech giant to discuss compensation with publishers for using content in search results or on Google News
Australias competition tsar has welcomed a landmark legal decision by French courts to order Google to negotiate payments with publishers.
The global development in holding the tech giants to account comes as the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission puts the finishing touches to a mandatory news code that will be introduced to parliament before the end of the year.
The code will force Google and Facebook to negotiate payments with Australian publishers for using their content.
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