Australian lawmakers expected to pass amendments to Facebook, Google law By Reuters
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to landmark legislation to force Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) to pay media companies for news content, despite opposition from some minor political parties. The government introduced amendments to the so-called Media Bargaining Code after Facebook last week escalated a dispute over the new laws by blocking...
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