Tech giants ‘close’ to deals with Australian media


Australia is poised to adopt legislation that would force digital companies to pay for news content, something that would create a global precedent and, according to Facebook and Google, wreck the way the Internet works. — AP

SYDNEY: Google and Facebook are “very close” to deals with major Australian media to pay for news, a top government official said on Feb 15, as the tech giants scramble to avoid landmark regulation.

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said talks with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai had made “great progress” in resolving a standoff being closely watched around the world.

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