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An Australian law giving the government power to make internet giants Facebook owner Meta Platforms and Alphabet Inc's Google negotiate content supply deals with media outlets has largely worked, a government report said.
However, the law — which took effect in March 2021 after talks with the big tech firms led to a brief shutdown of Facebook news feeds in the country — may need to be extended to other online platforms, the review said.
Since the News Media Bargaining Code took effect, the tech firms have inked more than 30 deals with media outlets, compensating them for content which generated clicks and advertising dollars, said the Treasury department report, published late on Thursday.
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"At least some of these agreements have enabled news businesses to, in particular, employ additional journalists and make other valuable investments to assist their operations," said the report.
"While views on the success (or otherwise) of the Code will invariably differ, we consider it is reasonable to conclude that the Code has been a success to date."
The report mostly recommended that the government consider new methods of assessing the administration and effectiveness of the law, and did not suggest changing the law itself.
Yet it did note that the law lacked "a formal mechanism to extend the Code to other platforms", and suggested the government order the competition regulator — which led the design of the law — to "prepare reports on this question".
"The review shows the Code has been successful balancing bargaining power between news media and digital platforms," said Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones.
"Digital platforms must continue to negotiate in good faith with news businesses to ensure they are fairly remunerated for the news content they create."
Google's director of government affairs and public policy in Australia Lucinda Longcroft said that the company had "furthered our significant contribution to the Australian news industry" by signing deals representing 200 mastheads across the country, and "the majority of these outlets are regional or local".
Meta declined to comment.
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