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23 August 2026

Australia passes law to charge tech companies levies unless they reach deals with news publishers

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Australia passes law to charge tech companies levies unless they reach deals with news publishers

Australia will force Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn and others to pay levies if they don't reach deals with local news publishers. Both houses of the country's parliament passed a law that will force ...

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