EU downplays calls for Australia model to make 'Big Tech' pay for news
CGTN Europe • 2m 51s
The European Union's digital affairs chief has downplayed calls from European media groups to include an Australia-style clause mandating "Big Tech" platforms such as Google and Facebook pay for news.
Margrethe Vestager said she believed the situation in Australia was "a question of copyright" and that the bloc's 2019 directive covered payment to content producers.
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