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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Josh Taylor

Twitter and TikTok could be called to negotiate under Australia’s news media code

The Twitter logo at its headquarters in San Francisco
Twitter and TikTok are among the digital platforms not yet included in Australia’s news media bargaining code, but a new Treasury report says they should be considered. Photograph: Stephen Lam/AP

Social media sites like TikTok and Twitter could be assessed for whether they should pay news companies for content, under recommendations from the Treasury’s review of the news media bargaining code.

In its first year of operation, the code was a success, facilitating 23 agreements between Google and news publishers, and 13 agreements between Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, and news publishers, according to a Treasury report released on Thursday.

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