Australia passed legislation requiring platform giants including Facebook-owner Meta and YouTube's parent Google to negotiate with news

Australia's centre-left government said on Thursday it planned new rules that would charge big tech firms millions of dollars if they did not pay Australian media companies for news hosted on their platforms.

The new plan follows the Morrison government-era system known as the news media bargaining code, which saw companies such as Google and Meta (which owns Facebook) pay news organisations.

The move succeeds the world-first law, passed by Australia in 2021, which was designed to make tech giants, such as Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet's Google, pay local publishers for the links that lure readers and advertising revenue.

Under new rules, authorities to impose fines on big tech companies refusing to sign deal with local media outlets - Anadolu Ajansı

Australia's government says it will create new rules to force big tech companies to pay local publishers for news. The long-awaited decision sets out a successor to a world-first law that Australia passed in 2021,

Australia's centre-left government on Thursday will unveil new rules that could impose fines on Big Tech companies if they refuse to continue to pay Australian media firms for news content hosted on their platforms,

The Australian government has announced a news bargaining incentive, meaning social media giants must strike new deals and pay media companies for news content in a bid to maintain public interest journalism.