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Ireland should consider forcing Facebook, Google to pay for news & media content like Australia has done: PM

Ireland's head of government Leo Varadkar has suggested that the Irish government consider copying Australia in forcing Facebook and Google to share ad revenue with local media companies, reports Irish News. Companies like Facebook, Google, and Twitter are "sort of free-riders" on costs made by others. Charging them for content "seem to me to be a very good idea", he said. “I think the new government will want to study that and see if it makes sense to do something similar in Ireland. On the face of it, it is a good idea,” said Varadkar, whose party is in talks with rivals on the formation of a new government. "I have seen in other countries, what seems to be a good idea at first may turn out not to be — but I do think it is something that we need to study and it may be a future approach that we can implement in Ireland and across Europe to share out more fairly, the revenues that media platforms of all sorts make," Varadkar said. Ireland houses Facebook's European headquarters. Australia to force platforms — Facebook, Google — to pay for news & media content Australia is developing a mandatory code of conduct to address commercial arrangements between digital platforms and news media businesses to “help create a level playing field and a fairer go for all”. The code — to be developed by Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) — will cover sharing of data, transparency of ranking algorithms and display of news content, and…

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