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Can Australia Force Google and Facebook to Pay for News? – WIRED
A proposed law would require the tech giants to negotiate with publishers. Similar attempts in Europe have largely failed.
That just price is intended to result from negotiations between the online platforms and media companies. Should they fail to agree, the parties will submit final offers to a panel of arbitrators, who must choose one or the other. The proposed law also would require that Google and Facebook give news outlets 28 days notice of changes to their algorithms that would harm news businesses, such as removing snippets, down-ranking publishers, or closing Google News in the country. Violations, includin…
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