TikTok, YouTube could be targeted under Australia’s media code

The federal government is considering whether it should use landmark media bargaining laws to force tech platforms such as YouTube and TikTok to negotiate with news outlets, in a review of a regulatory code that has generated millions of dollars in funds for the local media industry.

In a nine month review released on Thursday, the Treasury department said the news media bargaining code had been a “success to date”, allowing media companies to strike agreements with tech giants Google and Facebook-owner Meta for use of their content. But the review kicked any hope of changes to the framework down the road, proposing three further reviews and avoiding commentary on Meta’s resistance to strike deals with outlets such SBS and university-backed publication, The Conversation.

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