european union: Microsoft teams up with EU publishers to push for news payments – Latest News
Microsoft is teaming up with European publishers to push for a system to make large tech platforms pay for information, elevating the stakes within the brewing battle over whether or not Google and Fb ought to pay for journalism.
The U.S. tech large and 4 large European Union information business lobbying teams unveiled their plan Monday to work collectively to provide you with an answer to “mandate funds” to be used of stories content material from on-line “gatekeepers with dominant market energy.”
They mentioned they’ll “take inspiration” from proposed laws in Australia to pressure tech platforms to share income with information corporations and which incorporates an arbitration system to resolve disputes over a good worth for information.
Fb final week blocked Australians from accessing and sharing information on its platform, in a shock response to the federal government’s proposals that sparked an enormous public backlash.
