The government will pursue a plan to get global internet giants such as Google and Meta to pay for news, even if that means Facebook would ban news from its platform. The Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill would encourage those online titans to negotiate with local media outlets to pay for reusing their news content. RNZ Mediawatch's Colin Peacock spoke to Ingrid Hipkiss.
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