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Google, TikTok, and Meta could be taxed by Australia to fund its newsrooms

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Australia has proposed taxing digital giants Meta, Google and TikTok on a part of their revenue to pay for news reporters.The government released draft legislation Tuesday it intends to introduce to Parliament by July 2 that would create a financial incentive for the social media companies to strike deals with news organizations to pay for journalism.The platforms’ criticisms included that the proposal was a “digital services tax” that misunderstood the evolving advertising industry and would fa

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