Meta, the parent company of major social media platforms Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, has attacked the government’s pursuit of the News Bargaining Incentive.

Meta, the parent company of major social media platforms Instagram, WhatsApp and Facebook, has attacked the government’s pursuit of the News Bargaining Incentive.

The government is pressing ahead with its plan to make tech giants fund journalism, shrugging off Meta’s claim it amounts to a “discriminatory tax”.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has launched a scorching attack on the Albanese government’s plan to force the world’s largest technology companies…

In new draft laws, social media companies, including Meta, Google and TikTok will first be given a chance to strike content deals with local news publishers, and if they refuse,…

Traditional media companies around the world are in a battle for survival as readers increasingly consume their news on social media.

SYDNEY, June 4 : Meta accused Australia of violating a free trade agreement with the U.S. by proposing a new tax on certain tech giants which do not strike licensing deals with…

SYDNEY, June 4 — Tech giant Meta today attacked Australia’s “grossly unfair” bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently opposed to the draft...

Tech giant Meta on Thursday attacked Australia's "grossly unfair" bid to make social media companies pay for news, saying it is vehemently opposed to the draft laws. " this law is…

Tech giant Meta criticises the Australian government's plan to make social media companies pay for news, calling it a "grossly unfair" and "discriminatory tax".

Meta said a proposal to tax platforms 2.25% of all Australian revenue, including revenue unrelated to social media, was “indefensible”

Meta says Australia’s proposed 2.25% News Bargaining Incentive breaches the US-Australia FTA and could draw a US trade response.