America’s tech giants have accused Australia of breaching its trade obligations with the United States by forcing them to strike deals with local news publishers or face an annual $450 million bill, in a major escalation of tensions between Canberra and Silicon Valley.
Meta, Google, and potentially LinkedIn owner Microsoft, as well as China’s TikTok, will have to tell the government in March about any deals signed in 2025, the first full year the rules, known as the News Bargaining Incentive (NBI), were in place.
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