Australia unveils law forcing tech giants to pay for news

The CCP has its hands in the pockets of most Media Globally, so is effectively controlling what we end of reading. If we have to them pay for that, we're essentially paying the CCP to continue ad-infinitum.

Im really interested in how this would turn out.

I don't think these tech giants would share their revenue or pay for content.

Otherwise news media outlets from other countries will follow suit so these tech giants will be sharing their revenue to media outlets of all countries they have presence on

This is long overdue. There's absolutely nothing wrong with telling them to pay for the content they suck into their platforms. If they have to form their own news divisions, they'll have to pay anyway. Six of one, half a dozen of another.

Well if it goes like the UK and EU Australians are about to find out their news search choices radically cut. This may also affect what they can see on platforms like YouTube.

Several prominent YouTube news information, creators now block UK and EU views because of similar action in those places.

Think this a bad way about doing things. Forcing a Facebook to pay for content and also monitor news content sets up a situation where Facebook could be better off setting up a news division. If Oz media wants the money just take all sharing quick links off their site and a copyright claim anything posted. That, or paywall everything.

It’s a good idea. Someone needs to hold these giants accountable for their monopoly over so called news for the, shall we say, less discerning news consumers.

Waiting for the yellow crested rooster to blow a gasket over this and threaten Australia with yuge tariffs on something.