Australia to amend law making Facebook, Google pay for news

CANBERRA : The author of proposed Australian laws to make Facebook and Google pay for journalism has said his draft legislation will be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remain fundamentally unchanged.

Australia’s fair trade regulator Rod Sims, chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, said he would give his final draft of the laws to make Facebook and Google pay Australian media companies for the news content they use by early October.