Australia to Table ‘World First’ Media Laws Forcing Google, Facebook to Pay for Content

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The federal government will soon table “world-first” laws in parliament that will lock Google and Facebook into negotiating with news media publishers in Australia.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said this was a “huge reform” and the world was watching “what is happening here in Australia.”