“On face value, the amendments keep the integrity of the media code intact,” the center’s director Peter Lewis said in a statement.
A Senate committee that scrutinized the draft legislation after it was introduced to Parliament on Dec. 9 recommended last week that the code become law without changes.
Google and Facebook, which take a combined 81% of online advertising in Australia, have condemned the bill as unworkable.
Google has threatened to make its search engine unavailable in…
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