Meta Accuses Australia of FTA Breach Over News Payment Law
Meta has accused Australia of breaching their Free Trade Agreement (FTA) by proposing a law that would require tech giants to pay media companies for news content. The social media company has invoked potential US 'trade action' in response to what it calls a 'grossly unfair' proposal.
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Australia wants tech giants to pay media companies for news. Meta calls it ‘grossly unfair’
The draft laws, unveiled earlier this year, have been designed to stop social media companies from simply stripping news from local publishers' platforms
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Meta accused Australia of violating a free trade agreement with US by proposing a new tax on tech giants, Australian govt. remains firm, provoking trade action.
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