Australia forces Facebook and Google to pay news to its media

Australia will force technology giants like Facebook and Google to pay local media for published news, aimed at protecting independent journalism.

With this move, this country becomes the first to ask internet companies to pay the media's homes for newspaper content, according to an odel similar to copyright, and this will be regulated by law this year.

The move came after the giants began defending themselves against the strictest rules worldwide, and the day after American lawmakers at a congress hearing attacked Google and Facebook for abusing market power.

After reviewing the media market and the power of American platforms, at the end of 2019, the Australian government urged these two companies to negotiate with media homes about using their content. <

However, negotiations have not borne fruit, so Canberra announces that unless an arbitration agreement is reached within 45 days, the Australian Agency for Communications and Media will make legal obligations on behalf of the government.

Google says the regulator ignores <x0milliards click” that sends Australian media every year.