{"id":16352,"date":"2021-02-01T05:23:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=15978"},"modified":"2021-02-01T05:23:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-01T05:23:51","slug":"govt-wont-budge-on-big-tech-bargaining-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/01\/govt-wont-budge-on-big-tech-bargaining-code\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt won\u2019t budge on Big Tech bargaining code"},"content":{"rendered":"
The federal government will<\/strong> not budge on its controversial Big Tech news media bargaining code, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison staring down significant threats from Facebook and Google ahead of a showdown in Parliament later this month.<\/p>\n The media bargaining code, which will compel Facebook and Google to enter forced arbitration with media companies to determine revenue sharing deals for the use of news content, is set to be debated in Parliament later this month after a Senate committee hands down its report on the legislation.<\/p>\n Google recently threatened to withdraw its search service from Australia if the code is implemented, while Facebook had earlier said it may block Australian news content as a result of the code.<\/p>\n