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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Brussels

Flanders government looks to force TikTok and YouTube to share revenue

From left: Eliyha Altena and Pommelien Thijs in Belgian Netflix drama Knokke Off, called High Tides in the UK
From left: Eliyha Altena and Pommelien Thijs in Belgian Netflix drama Knokke Off, called High Tides in the UK. Photograph: Netflix

Cute cat videos, fried chicken clips and viral dances could soon help to finance Belgian TV, with the Flanders government on the verge of passing laws to force TikTok and YouTube to share revenues with local television producers.

“Politically speaking, it is important in audiovisual and media services that there are obligations on companies to invest in local TV content,” the media minister for the Flemish government, Benjamin Dalle, told the Guardian.

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