Inquiry backs world-first news media code

By Paul Osborne
Updated February 12 2021 - 4:29pm, first published 4:26pm
A Senate inquiry has backed the government's proposed code for tech giants Google and Facebook.
A Senate inquiry has backed the government's proposed code for tech giants Google and Facebook.

Australia's world-leading push to force tech giants Google and Facebook to pay for news has received the green light from a Senate committee, paving the way for laws to pass as early as Tuesday.

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