Monday, December 08, 2025 | 04:12 AM ISTहिंदी में पढें
Business Standard
Notification Icon
userprofile IconSearch

Australia asks Facebook, Google to share revenue generated from news

The two companies will have to negotiate with traditional media on remuneration in good faith

Google, Facebook
premium

If no agreement is reached, there will be a binding arbitration process and penalties for breaching the code of up to A$10 million ($7 million) or 10 per cent of local revenue

Bloomberg
Australia’s government has ordered Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to share revenue generated from news articles, adding to growing global regulatory and political pushback against the digital giants.

The two companies will have to negotiate with traditional media on remuneration in good faith, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Friday. If no agreement is reached, there will be a binding arbitration process and penalties for breaching the code of up to A$10 million ($7 million) or 10 per cent of local revenue.

The move aims to correct what the government says is a power imbalance between two of the world’s most profitable companies and a