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Canada, Australia agree to coordinate efforts to ensure web giants pay for news: statement – Metro US

Canada, Australia agree to coordinate efforts to ensure web giants pay for news: statement

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OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison spoke on Tuesday and agreed to coordinate on efforts to get web giants to pay for news, according to a statement from Ottawa.

The two leaders “agreed to continue coordinating efforts to address online harm and ensure the revenues of web giants are shared more fairly with creators and media,” a statement detailing the issues discussed in their telephone call said.

(Reporting by Steve Scherer; editing by Jonathan Oatis)