Albo’s crackdown on Big Tech’s use of journalism

About this episode

The episode discusses Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's draft legislation aimed at requiring big tech companies to pay for the use of Australian news and the implications of the AUKUS submarine pact.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduced draft legislation that would compel big tech companies like Google and Facebook to pay for their use of Australian news. Plus, alarm bells are ringing in the UK about the AUKUS submarine pact.  Read more:  Government won’t profit from its levy on big tech, says federal Assistant Treasurer Big tech must ‘step up’ on news deals, say media bosses AUKUS submarine pact at risk from UK failings, parliamentary report warns See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Topics covered

• Big Tech
• journalism
• legislation
• AUKUS
• submarine pact
• news payment

Keywords

• Big Tech
• journalism
• legislation
• AUKUS
• submarine pact
• news payment
• Anthony Albanese
• Google
• Facebook

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Google, Facebook, AUKUS, UK, Australian, federal Assistant Treasurer

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