Australia advances news bargaining law to force tech platforms to pay publishers
Australia is set to move ahead with a new news bargaining incentive bill after Labor and the Coalition agreed on amendments that would require major digital platforms to make more deals with publishers. The legislation is designed to make companies such as Facebook and TikTok contribute to media outlets for the value they derive from news on their services. It is expected to be introduced into parliament on Wednesday.Under the revised plan, tech companies would have to strike at least eight deals with news publishers, up from the previous minimum of six. The scheme would also limit how much of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews | 12 Aug 2026 22:00 LONDON
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The Unspoken Stats: Who is Raping Europe?
Answering this question requires a direct look at the empirical data so, below is the comprehensive, data-verified draft for my article, formatted to analyse the relationship between immigration demographics and police-recorded sexual offense figures across Europe. Data vs. Perception: An Asymmetric Analysis of Migration and Sexual Offence Statistics in Europe While my primary field of research is rooted in macro-geopolitics, the responsibilities of independent journalism often demand transitioning from international balance-of-power metrics to domestic social realities. A recent high-profile criminal incident in England involving the gang rape of a 17-year-old girl by four Afghani nationals where one of them is... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 16 Jun 2026 20:09 LONDON
Fear the Shia, Arm the Sunnis: The Uncomfortable Numbers Behind America’s War Narrative
“When fear is managed carefully enough, a nation can be taught to look away from the blood on the floor and stare instead at the shadow on the wall.” A friend of mine, whose name I will not reveal because he asked me not to, sat across from me over dinner and placed a question on the table that would not leave me alone. He was born into a Muslim Shia background, and for the angle of this article, that detail matters, not because I wish to reduce a man to a sect, but because sect has become one of... [Continue Reading]
360LiveNews-Opinion | 23 May 2026 08:00 LONDON
