Large tech firms—including Elon Musk’s X, Apple, Google, Meta, and Amazon are urging the U.S. government to take action against Australia over digital regulations they say threaten their profits.
At the centre of the dispute is Australia’s News Media Bargaining Incentive, a law designed to force social media platforms to pay for Australian news content they display.
Tech firms argue it is a discriminatory tax that unfairly targets U.S. companies—and they want the president to intervene.
A submission by the Computer & Communications Industry Association (CCIA), which represents Apple, Google, Meta, Shopify, eBay, Intel, Amazon, and Uber, warns that Australia’s law is part of a global trend of “coercive and discriminatory” regulations that cost U.S. digital firms billions....
