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The author of the proposed Australian Australian law on Facebook and Google paying for journalism said on Thursday that the draft law would be amended to address the concerns of some of its digital giants, but would remain basically the same.
Rod Sims, Australia’s fair trade regulator and chairman of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said he would give the final draft of laws to Australian media companies using Facebook and Google to pay for the news content they use in early October.
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Facebook has warned it could block Australian Australian news content instead of paying.
Google said the proposed legislation would result in “dramatically worse Google search and YouTube”, jeopardize free services and users’ data would be “handed over to big news industries.”
Sims said he is discussing a draft of his bill with the US social media platform. It could be introduced in Parliament in late October.
“Google has got concerns about it, some of it is that it doesn’t like it, others are things we are happily associated with,” Sims told a webinar run by the Australia Institute of Australia, independent think-tank.
“We’ll make changes to address some of those issues – not all, but some,” Sims said.
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One of the concerns is also the fear that under the so-called news media bargaining code, news businesses will “somehow be able to control their algorithm,” Sims said.
“We will engage with them and clarify so that media outlets can interfere with Google or Facebook’s algorithms,” Sims said.
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He said he would also clarify that the platform would not have to disclose more data about users than previously shared shares.
“There’s nothing in the code that forces Google or Facebook to share data from individuals,” Sims said.
Sims was unwilling to communicate with the “core” of the code, which he described as “the bits of glue that hold the code together, making it efficient.”
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This includes an arbitrator to take into account the imbalance of bargaining between tech giants and news businesses. If the platform and the news outlet cannot reach an agreement on pricing, an arbitrator will be appointed to make the binding decision.
Another key aspect of preventing the platforms from preferring the state-owned Australian Australian Broadcasting Corp and special broadcasting services was the non-discrimination clause, the news content of which would be free.
Sims said he did not know if Facebook would act on his threat and block Australian Australian news, but he suspected that doing so would “weaken” the platform.
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Spain and France and both Facebook and Google have failed to pay for the news by copyright law. Sims said he has spoken to regulators in the United States and Europe about Australia’s approach to fair trade legislation.
“They’re all wrestling with the same problem,” Sims said
