The point is though that Google and Facebook don't put ads on news content. The user still has to go to the news site to actually read the news article, and the

The point is though that Google and Facebook don't put ads on news content. The user still has to go to the news site to actually read the news article, and the news site can put their ads on that or have a paywall. Google and Facebook only have ads on pages that might also link to news sources. (This bill is specifically about Google search results and Facebook's news feed - not Google/Facebook's ad sales businesses). So it's not, for example, like Spotify where the music is played from Spotify's servers and the user stays in the Spotify app/site. Note also that this bill specifically exempts ABC and SBS, as well as most independent news sources from being able to get any benefit.