SYDNEY: New Zealand’s conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay...
New Zealand’s conservative coalition government will proceed with a bill that would make it compulsory for digital technology platforms to pay media companies for news, it said on Tuesday.
The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill, introduced last year by the previous Labour government, will be presented in Parliament with amendments to support “our local media companies to earn revenue for the news they produce”, Communications Minister Paul Goldsmith said. That law, which took effect in Australia in March 2021, gives the government power to force internet firms such as Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc’s Google to negotiate content supply deals with media outlets, if the parties fail to reach an agreement on payments.
“We will continue to be open and transparent with the government and publishers on our business decisions as this bill progresses,“ a Meta spokesperson said in an email.After Canada introduced a similar law in 2023, Meta blocked news content from appearing on Facebook there. Meta has also said it plans to stop paying Australian media companies for news and the government is still considering whether to intervene.
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