TBD | Australia’s Kinda-Sorta Win Over Big Tech

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4.3 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

Over the last year, the Australian government has been waging a quiet war against Facebook and Google. Through a new law, it plans to force the big tech companies to pay news outlets in exchange for linking to their sites. Will this new law have the intended effect? Or will it set a dangerous precedent that cedes even more power over to the tech giants? Guest: JR Hennessy, editor at Business Insider Australia Host Lizzie O’Leary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.4	Okay, here's the show.
0:40.5	There's this story we've been watching unfold in Australia.
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0:46.5	So this story's been ongoing for a better part of a year and even a little bit longer.
0:51.9	That's James Hennessy, the editor of Business Insider Australia.
0:55.5	Back in April, Australia started working on a law to make Facebook and Google pay news publishers
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