Published: March 5, 2021
Cited: United News of India,
MOSCOW, March 5 (Sputnik), Jonathan Rowson – Countries across the world should follow Australia’s lead by imposing tougher legislation and sanctions on global tech giants such as Facebook and Google, one week after the Australian parliament passed a new law that requires digital platforms to pay news outlets for content, internationally renowned media lawyer Paul Tweed told Sputnik in an interview.
Australian lawmakers approved a series of last-minute amendments to the bill on February 24, following crunch talks between Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Earlier in February, Facebook issued a temporary block on access to Australian news articles in protest against the new legislation.
“The Australian government has to be commended because they are the first to have taken action, and I will be imploring the Irish government to take a similar stance,” Tweed, a partner at Gateley Tweed, said.
Jonathan Rowson 