The Australian government says it will tax large digital platforms and search engines unless they agree to share revenue with Australian news media organizations.

Australia's centre-left government said on Thursday it planned new rules that would charge big tech firms millions of dollars if they did not pay Australian media companies for news hosted on their platforms.

Australia will force Meta and Google to pay for news shared on their platforms under a new scheme unveiled Thursday, threatening to tax them if they refuse to strike deals with local media.Australia wants big tech companies to compensate local publishers for sharing articles that drive traffic on their platforms.

Australia's centre-left government on Thursday will unveil new rules that could impose fines on Big Tech companies if they refuse to continue to pay Australian media firms for news content hosted on their platforms,