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Australia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16
Australia will move to pass new laws banning children under 16 from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, vowing to crack down on tech companies failing to protect young users.
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Australia PM Hits Back At Elon Musk After His "Fascists" Quip
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hit back at Elon Musk on Saturday after the tech mogul called his government "fascists" for proposing laws that would fine social media giants for spreading misinformation.
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Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australia Plans To Fine Tech Giants Upon Failure To Tackle Disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Canada PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Threatening to Block News Access Over Online News Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday slammed Meta after executives said it would block news for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users in response to a proposed law that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content.
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New Zealand Plans to Introduce Law to Make Google, Facebook Pay Local Outlets for News
Facebook and Google may soon be required to pay media companies in New Zealand for local news content that appears on their feeds, based on proposed legislation from the government. The law is said to be modelled on similar laws in Australia and Canada aimed at large online digital companies.
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Australia Says Law Making Facebook And Google Pay For News Has Worked
Since the News Media Bargaining Code took effect, the tech firms had inked more than 30 deals with media outlets compensating them for content which generated clicks and advertising dollars.
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Google, Facebook, Big Tech Should Pay for Network Costs, Suggest EU Telcos
Telecom operators are pushing the European Union to implement new laws that would make Big Tech pay for network costs, following Australia's example, according to four sources close to the matter. The latest proposal, which hasn't been reported, is being discussed within the telecoms lobby group GSMA, an association that represents more than 750 mo...
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Australia to Make Big Tech Hand Over Misinformation Data to Regulator
Australia's media regulator will be able to force Internet companies to provide internal data about how they have handled misinformation and disinformation.
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Google Signs 5-Year Deal to Pay for News From AFP
Google will begin paying AFP for its news content as part of broad five-year partnership which marks one of the biggest licensing deals struck by a tech giant under a new French law.
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Google Commits AUD 1 Billion to Australia Months After Threatening Pull-Out
Google will spend AUD 1 billion (roughly Rs. 5,480 crore) in Australia over five years, the tech giant said just months after it threatened to pull its services from the country in response to tougher government regulation.
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Australian Regulator Allows Radio Station Body to Negotiate Content Deal With Facebook, Google
Australia's competition regulator allowed a body representing 261 radio stations to negotiate a content deal with Facebook and Google, as part of the country's new law to compel the tech giants to pay for news content.
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Facebook-Backed Group Launches Misinformation Adjudication Panel in Australia
A tech body backed by the Australian units of Facebook, Google, and Twitter it has set up an industry panel to adjudicate complaints over misinformation, a day after the government threatened tougher laws over false and defamatory online posts.
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Facebook Wraps Up Deals With Australian Media Firms, TV Broadcaster SBS Excluded
Facebook has told Australian publishers it has stopped negotiating licensing deals, an email to the industry seen by Reuters showed, a move which came just six months after the passing of a law designed to make tech giants pay for news content.
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Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Wallets May Face New Regulation Laws in Australia
The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services by tech giants such as Apple and Alphabet's Google.
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Australia To Ban Social Media For Children Under 16
Australia will move to pass new laws banning children under 16 from social media, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Thursday, vowing to crack down on tech companies failing to protect young users.
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Australia PM Hits Back At Elon Musk After His "Fascists" Quip
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hit back at Elon Musk on Saturday after the tech mogul called his government "fascists" for proposing laws that would fine social media giants for spreading misinformation.
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Tech Giants Could Face Fines Worth Up to 5 Percent of Annual Turnover Under Proposed Australian Laws
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Australia Plans To Fine Tech Giants Upon Failure To Tackle Disinformation
Tech giants could face billions of dollars in fines for failing to tackle disinformation under proposed Australian laws, which a watchdog on Monday said would bring "mandatory" standards to the little-regulated sector.
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Canada PM Trudeau Slams Meta for Threatening to Block News Access Over Online News Act
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday slammed Meta after executives said it would block news for Canadian Facebook and Instagram users in response to a proposed law that would require digital giants to pay for local journalism content.
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New Zealand Plans to Introduce Law to Make Google, Facebook Pay Local Outlets for News
Facebook and Google may soon be required to pay media companies in New Zealand for local news content that appears on their feeds, based on proposed legislation from the government. The law is said to be modelled on similar laws in Australia and Canada aimed at large online digital companies.
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Australia Says Law Making Facebook And Google Pay For News Has Worked
Since the News Media Bargaining Code took effect, the tech firms had inked more than 30 deals with media outlets compensating them for content which generated clicks and advertising dollars.
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Google, Facebook, Big Tech Should Pay for Network Costs, Suggest EU Telcos
Telecom operators are pushing the European Union to implement new laws that would make Big Tech pay for network costs, following Australia's example, according to four sources close to the matter. The latest proposal, which hasn't been reported, is being discussed within the telecoms lobby group GSMA, an association that represents more than 750 mo...
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Australia to Make Big Tech Hand Over Misinformation Data to Regulator
Australia's media regulator will be able to force Internet companies to provide internal data about how they have handled misinformation and disinformation.
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Google Signs 5-Year Deal to Pay for News From AFP
Google will begin paying AFP for its news content as part of broad five-year partnership which marks one of the biggest licensing deals struck by a tech giant under a new French law.
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Google Commits AUD 1 Billion to Australia Months After Threatening Pull-Out
Google will spend AUD 1 billion (roughly Rs. 5,480 crore) in Australia over five years, the tech giant said just months after it threatened to pull its services from the country in response to tougher government regulation.
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Australian Regulator Allows Radio Station Body to Negotiate Content Deal With Facebook, Google
Australia's competition regulator allowed a body representing 261 radio stations to negotiate a content deal with Facebook and Google, as part of the country's new law to compel the tech giants to pay for news content.
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Facebook-Backed Group Launches Misinformation Adjudication Panel in Australia
A tech body backed by the Australian units of Facebook, Google, and Twitter it has set up an industry panel to adjudicate complaints over misinformation, a day after the government threatened tougher laws over false and defamatory online posts.
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Facebook Wraps Up Deals With Australian Media Firms, TV Broadcaster SBS Excluded
Facebook has told Australian publishers it has stopped negotiating licensing deals, an email to the industry seen by Reuters showed, a move which came just six months after the passing of a law designed to make tech giants pay for news content.
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Apple, Google, WeChat Digital Wallets May Face New Regulation Laws in Australia
The Australian government is considering new laws that would tighten the regulation of digital payment services by tech giants such as Apple and Alphabet's Google.
