On 7 June 2022 an article on laws requiring tech companies to pay more for news content was published in Bangkok Biz. The article provides an example of the regulatory changes in Australia. Recent legislation in Australia enables news and media outlets to negotiate for payments for digital platform companies such as Google and Facebook to use the content or news content of those news or media outlets. Regulatory developments in other jurisdictions are also highlighted. The authors were Panupan Udomsuvannakul and Poompat Udomsuvannakul.

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