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Comment: Australia's Facebook, Google media code updates are, for now, surface level

By Laurel Henning ( December 10, 2020, 03:36 GMT | Comment) -- Australia’s redrafted media code designed to force Facebook and Google to pay national media companies for the news the US platforms host in Australia included some eye-catching updates when announced this week. Scrapping YouTube and Instagram from the updated draft before it was submitted to Australia’s parliament and including the benefit media companies gain from the traffic Facebook and Google provide seem like major changes, but their impact at this stage is minimal at best. YouTube and Instagram grabbed Australian headlines this week for their notable absence from an updated draft piece of legislation designed to force their parent companies Google and Facebook to pay national media for the news the platforms host....

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