Australia passes legislation requiring Facebook and Google to pay for news content
The Australian government passed new legislation to require Facebook and Google to pay for news content.
Josh Frydenberg, the deputy leader of the Australian Liberal Party, tweeted that "this legislation will help level the playing field and allow Australian media companies to pay to generate original content."
The Australian government passed the final amendments to the law after backlash from both tech giants, which have backed down in response to the law.
Facebook had temporarily blocked users from sharing news content and only lifted the block once the Australian government agreed to make some changes to the law. On the other hand, Google pushed back plans to withdraw its search engine in Australia in response to the law and has instead made deals to comp...