Australia targets tech giants with levy unless they pay for local news

Australia unveiled draft laws on Tuesday that would force Meta, Google and TikTok to pay local publishers for news content or face a levy worth 2.25 percent of their Australian revenue, in a major push to support struggling media outlets and curb the dominance of global tech platforms.
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