Facebook to restore news pages in Australia soon, says govt agreed to changes
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook to restore news pages in Australia soon, says govt agreed to changes

Live Mint  

Social media giant Facebook Inc. said it will restore news pages in Australia after reaching an agreement with the government. Restrictions on news sharing on Facebook’s Australian platform should be lifted “in the coming days," William Easton, managing director of Facebook Australia, said in a statement Tuesday. Facebook blocked news pages in Australia last week in opposition to a planned law to force the US company and Google to pay Australian publishers for news content. 'Won't change law' The Australian government had earlier said that it will not change proposed laws that would make Google and Facebook ay news outlets for content.

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Australia to force tech titans to pay for news
4 weeks, 1 day ago

Australia to force tech titans to pay for news

Raw Story  

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. "The rapid growth of digital platforms in recent years has disrupted Australia's media landscape, and it is threatening the viability of public interest journalism," Communications Minister Michelle …

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don't pay for news
4 weeks, 2 days ago

Australia plans to tax digital platforms that don't pay for news

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Australian government said Thursday …

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news
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4 weeks, 2 days ago

Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news

CNN  

Sydney Reuters — Australia plans new rules to “create a financial incentive” for big tech firms to pay Australian media companies for news content on their platforms, Assistant Treasurer and Minister for Financial Services Stephen Jones announced on Thursday. The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to …

Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Australia withdraws a misinformation bill after critics compare it to censorship

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s government has withdrawn a bill that would give a media watchdog power to monitor digital platforms and require them to keep records about misinformation and disinformation on their networks. The opposition spokesman, David Coleman, said the bill “betrayed our democracy” and amounted to “censorship laws in Australia.” “Based on public statements and engagements with senators, it …

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?
5 months, 2 weeks ago

California is trying to force Big Tech to pay for news. What can we learn from Australia and Canada?

LA Times  

A man carries a copy of the Sydney Morning Herald in 2012. If the News Media Bargaining Code became law, Google Australia Managing Director Mel Silva said in a Senate hearing, the company would have “no real choice” but to stop making Google Search available in Australia. Rod Sims, an economist and former chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer …

What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music
9 months, 3 weeks ago

What will happen when Facebook stops paying for news? Here’s what happened when radio stopped paying for music

ABC  

Why are musicians so keen to get played on the radio? Legislation dating back to 1968 has given Australian radio stations a blanket right to play whatever music they want so long as they negotiate a payment rate with the relevant collecting society. If the station and collecting society can't agree on the rate, the decision is made by an …

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds
10 months, 1 week ago

Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This is how it could change your Facebook and Instagram feeds

ABC  

If you ever get your daily news fix by scrolling through Facebook and Instagram, you may soon be seeing a whole lot less. "The number of people using Facebook News in Australia and the US has dropped by over 80 per cent last year," Meta said in a statement. Professor Martin said we have already seen dangerous deep fake videos …

Australia miffed with Facebook's plan to stop paying for news content
10 months, 1 week ago

Australia miffed with Facebook's plan to stop paying for news content

Hindustan Times  

Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook, setting up a fresh battle with Canberra which had led the world with a law that forces internet giants to strike licencing deals. Meta Platforms said it will stop paying Australian news publishers for content that appears on Facebook News publishers and governments like …

Facebook news section to be discontinued in the US and Australia - Here's why
10 months, 1 week ago

Facebook news section to be discontinued in the US and Australia - Here's why

India TV News  

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has announced that it won't be making any new deals with traditional news outlets in Australia, France, and Germany. Discontinuation of Facebook news Facebook News, a dedicated section for news content, will be discontinued in the US and Australia starting in early April. Continued access to news content However, people in these countries will …

Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again
1 year, 4 months ago

Facebook Is Giving Up on News—Again

Wired  

Facebook is done with news. And now, Meta is killing off the News tab in France, Germany, and the UK, where it is also ending funding for a well-liked local news project. Facebook-owner Meta said this week that it would remove the News tab in all three European countries by December, meaning it will no longer pull in articles to …

Meta starts blocking news in Canada
1 year, 5 months ago

Meta starts blocking news in Canada

The Hindu  

Meta on Tuesday started blocking Canadians' access to news on Facebook and Instagram in response to a new law requiring digital giants to pay publishers for such content. Google, another critic of the Online News Act, has said it is considering a similar move, among an ongoing global debate as more governments try to make tech firms pay for news …

Facebook ending news sharing in Canada: Why an attempt to save journalism will make things worse.
1 year, 6 months ago

Facebook ending news sharing in Canada: Why an attempt to save journalism will make things worse.

Slate  

On June 22, the Canadian Parliament passed Bill C-18, also known as the Online News Act. The new law, according to a government news release, “will require the largest digital platforms”—in effect, calling out Facebook, Instagram, and Google without naming them—“to bargain fairly with Canadian news businesses for the use of their news content.” The intent here is to even …

Australia may start fining Google, Meta and Twitter billions of dollars for fake news on their platforms
1 year, 6 months ago

Australia may start fining Google, Meta and Twitter billions of dollars for fake news on their platforms

Firstpost  

The Australian government has drafted new legislation aimed at addressing the spread of “misinformation” and fake news on social media platforms like Twitter and Facebook, says a report by The Age, a daily newspaper in Melbourne, Australia. Australia to hold platforms responsible for failure to remove fake news Michelle Rowland, the communications minister in Canberra, emphasized that “mis- and disinformation …

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau
1 year, 8 months ago

Facebook is wrong to say news lacks economic value, says Canada PM Justin Trudeau

The Hindu  

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday said Meta Platforms Inc.'s opposition to proposed legislation that would compel payment by its Facebook unit and other internet companies for journalistic content was based on a flawed argument that news has no economic value. Speaking to a parliamentary committee about the Trudeau government's legislation on Monday, a Meta official said news has …

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users
1 year, 9 months ago

Explained | What is Canada’s Online News Act and how it impacts social media users

The Hindu  

The story so far: On March 11, Facebook-owner Meta reiterated its stance against Canada’s proposed Online News Act. Introduced in April 2022, Canada’s ‘Online News Act,’ also known as the House of Commons bill C-18, aims to make Big Tech companies like Google and Meta compensate local news publishers for making the latter’s content available for users on its platforms. …

Streaming giants push back on federal government's new Australian content rules
1 year, 11 months ago

Streaming giants push back on federal government's new Australian content rules

ABC  

Some of the country's most popular streaming services are preparing to negotiate or push back altogether on plans to force new Australian content rules upon them. Key points: Major streaming services will be required to invest revenue into producing local content from mid-2024 Australian production companies want the threshold set at 20 per cent Some streaming platforms are arguing they …

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be “forced to consider” removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material. Meta said it would rather pull news from its platforms than “submit to government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard the value we provide to news outlets.” The value, …

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook parent Meta threatens to remove news from platform

Associated Press  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. said Tuesday it will be “forced to consider” removing news content from its platform if Congress passes legislation requiring tech companies to pay news outlets for their material. Meta said it would rather pull news from its platforms than “submit to government-mandated negotiations that unfairly disregard the value we provide to news outlets.” The value, …

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Meta-backed Facebook threatens to ban news on their platforms if the US Congress passes a new journalism bill

Firstpost  

Meta argues that publishers and broadcasters who put their content on platforms like Facebook or Twitter do so for better reach and to earn revenue, which benefits publishers and broadcasters, not distributors like Facebook or Twitter. Andy Stone, Meta’s head of policy communications, said on Twitter that Facebook will “be forced to consider removing news” from Facebook if a new …

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill
2 years, 1 month ago

Facebook owner Meta may remove news from platform if U.S. Congress passes media bill

The Hindu  

Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. on Monday threatened to remove news from its platform if the U.S. Congress passes a proposal aimed at making it easier for news organisations to negotiate collectively with companies like Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Facebook. Sources briefed on the matter said lawmakers are considering adding the Journalism Competition and Preservation Act to a must-pass annual …

New Zealand plans to make Facebook, Google Pay for news
2 years, 1 month ago

New Zealand plans to make Facebook, Google Pay for news

Live Mint  

New Zealand said it would seek to require online platforms like Alphabet Inc.’s Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc. to pay news publishers for content, becoming the latest country to wade into a worldwide debate about whether tech giants unfairly benefit from news shared on their platforms. New Zealand’s proposal will be based on a similar law in Australia …

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news
2 years, 1 month ago

New Zealand plans law to require Facebook, Google to pay for news

The Hindu  

The New Zealand government said it will introduce a law that will require big online digital companies such as Alphabet Inc.'s Google and Meta Platforms Inc. to pay New Zealand media companies for the local news content that appears on their feeds. Minister of Broadcasting Willie Jackson said in a statement on Sunday that the legislation will be modelled on …

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada
2 years, 2 months ago

Explained | Why is Facebook threatening to block news in Canada

The Hindu  

The story so far: On October 21, Meta threatened to block news content from Facebook in Canada. The law can force social media platforms like Facebook and Google to pay news publishers for their content. The law lays down rules that mandate platforms like Meta’s Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to negotiate deals with news publications. Tech companies like Facebook profit …

Facebook Warns To Block News Content In Canada. Here's Why
2 years, 2 months ago

Facebook Warns To Block News Content In Canada. Here's Why

ABP News  

Facebook has warned that it may block news content on its platform in Canada, outlining concerns over the bill that would compel the company to pay news publishers. Canada's Online News Act which was introduced in April laid out rules for tech giants like Google and Facebook draw to negotiate commercial deals and pay news publishers for their content. “We …

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means
2 years, 5 months ago

Government plans law to make Google, Facebook pay for news | What this means

India Today  

After Australia, Canada and France, now India is reportedly putting the final touches to a new piece of legislation that would make tech giants like Google and Facebook pay for the news content they display on their platforms. If implemented, the proposed law would compel global tech majors such as Alphabet, Meta, Twitter, and Amazon to pay Indian newspapers and …

Facebook deliberately blocked pages emergency services to pressurise Australian govt: Reports
2 years, 8 months ago

Facebook deliberately blocked pages emergency services to pressurise Australian govt: Reports

Op India  

Social media giant Facebook deliberately took down several pages of Australian hospitals, emergency services and charities to pressure the country as its lawmakers discussed a law that would make tech giants pay to host news articles. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal, Facebook deliberately blocked access to pages of hospitals, emergency services, weather services, and charities for …

New Zealand News Media Company Stuff Rejects Facebook : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR
3 years, 9 months ago

New Zealand News Media Company Stuff Rejects Facebook : The Indicator from Planet Money : NPR

NPR  

Facebook And The News: It's Complicated Enlarge this image LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images LOIC VENANCE/AFP via Getty Images The relationship between Facebook and the news industry has been pretty rocky over the past decade or so. The company cut off news because the country was getting ready to pass a law that would force big online platforms, including Facebook, …

BJP's Sushil Modi seeks law on lines of Australian regulation to make Facebook, Google pay for news
3 years, 9 months ago

BJP's Sushil Modi seeks law on lines of Australian regulation to make Facebook, Google pay for news

Firstpost  

New Delhi: Taking a cue from Australia, India should enact a law to make tech giants such as Facebook and Google pay local publishers of news content, senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi demanded in Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. Raising the issue through a Zero Hour mention, the former deputy chief minister of Bihar said, “The government must make Google, …

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content
3 years, 9 months ago

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content

NPR  

Facebook Reaches Deal With News Corp. Australia To Pay For News Content Enlarge this image toggle caption Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Facebook has reached a deal to pay News Corp.'s Australian arm for local articles that appear on the social media giant's platform – after it briefly pulled the plug on such content to protest a change in …

Australia passes media law that requires tech firms to pay for news: Will the system be replicated globally?
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia passes media law that requires tech firms to pay for news: Will the system be replicated globally?

Firstpost  

The Australian law is seen as a potential model for companies around the world who have seen their advertising revenues decimated by the rise of internet platforms. After months of tense negotiation, the government agreed to water down elements of the new law in exchange for Facebook and Google agreeing to payment deals with struggling local media firms – seen …

Facebook signs preliminary agreements with three Australian news publishers after new media law comes into effect
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook signs preliminary agreements with three Australian news publishers after new media law comes into effect

Firstpost  

Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news. Representational Image: tech2/Nandini Yadav Google, the only other digital giant targeted by the legislation, has already struck content licensing deals, or is close to deals, with some of Australia’s biggest news publishers including …

Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook signs pay deals with 3 Australian news publishers

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Facebook announced on Friday preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers, a day after the Parliament passed a law that would make the digital giants pay for news. Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg on Wednesday took a veiled swipe at News Corp. in a social media post criticizing Australia’s law, which is aimed at setting …

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms like Google, Facebook to pay for news
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms like Google, Facebook to pay for news

Firstpost  

Sydney: Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for Australian news under legislation passed Thursday that is being closely watched globally for precedents in the battle between Big Tech and media companies. Google has already brokered deals worth millions of dollars with Australian media companies, including the two largest: Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp and Nine Entertainment. Nick Clegg, Facebook’s …

Australia passes amended law to make Google and Facebook pay for news
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia passes amended law to make Google and Facebook pay for news

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia has passed new law …

Australian Parliament Passes Media Bill That Forces Google, Facebook to News Outlets for Content
3 years, 10 months ago

Australian Parliament Passes Media Bill That Forces Google, Facebook to News Outlets for Content

News 18  

The Australian parliament on Thursday passed a new law designed to force Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook to pay media companies for content used on their platforms in reforms that could be replicated in other countries. Subsequent amendments to the bill included giving the government the discretion to release Facebook or Google from the arbitration process if they prove they …

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Australia’s laws forcing Google and …

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

Associated Press  

CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s law forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news is ready to take effect, though the laws’ architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals. Google and Facebook need media, but they don’t need any particular media company, and that meant media companies couldn’t do commercial deals,” the Australian Competition …

Facebook says it will pay $1B over 3 years to news industry
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook says it will pay $1B over 3 years to news industry

Live Mint  

Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it plans to invest $1 billion to "support the news industry” over the next three years. The social networking giant, which has been tussling with Australia over a law that would make social platforms pay news organisations, said it has invested $600 million since 2018 in news. Google said in October that it would …

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook faces year of reckoning after showdown in Australia

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc.’s brief but tempestuous standoff with the Australian government over a world-first pay-for-news law is only the start of a string of regulatory battles that the world’s biggest social network faces in 2021. Mark Zuckerberg started the year on the offensive, blocking news across Rupert Murdoch’s home turf of Australia to fend off demands that Facebook pay media companies …

The media bargaining code has passed Parliament, but don't rule out another Facebook news ban yet
3 years, 10 months ago

The media bargaining code has passed Parliament, but don't rule out another Facebook news ban yet

ABC  

Using news content on their platforms has always been something Google and Facebook have done — without paying. "The Code will ensure that news media businesses are fairly remunerated for the content they generate, helping to sustain public interest journalism in Australia." At the same time, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg must consider the question of "designating" digital platforms like Google and …

Facebook to Restore News Pages in Australia After Govt Agrees to Amend Controversial Media Law
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook to Restore News Pages in Australia After Govt Agrees to Amend Controversial Media Law

News 18  

Facebook will restore Australian news pages after Canberra offered amendments to a proposed law designed to force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday. Australia and the social media group have been locked in a standoff for more than a week after the government introduced legislation that challenged Facebook and …

Australia closer to passing watershed Google, Facebook laws
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia closer to passing watershed Google, Facebook laws

The Hindu  

Australia's lawmakers on Tuesday inched closer to passing landmark laws that would force Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google to pay news outlets for content and could set a precedent for tighter regulation in other nations. The country is on course to become the first to introduce laws that challenge big technology firms' dominance in the news content market, with …

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Hindustan Times  

Facebook will restore Australian news pages after Canberra offered amendments to a proposed law designed to force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday. Australia and the social media group have been locked in a standoff for more than a week after the government introduced legislation that challenged Facebook and …

Facebook To Restore News Pages In Australia After Cutting A Deal With The Government
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook To Restore News Pages In Australia After Cutting A Deal With The Government

ABP News  

New Delhi: Facebook executives, over the past week discussed with Treasurer Frydenberg and Minister Fletcher and came to an agreement to amend media law. It’s always been our intention to support journalism in Australia and around the world, and we’ll continue to invest in news globally and resist efforts by media conglomerates to advance regulatory frameworks that do not take …

Facebook to end Australia news blackout
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook to end Australia news blackout

The Hindu  

Facebook said on Tuesday it would lift a contentious ban on Australian news and pay local media companies for content, after a last-gasp deal on pending landmark legislation. Australia’s Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced a face-saving compromise that will see Google and Facebook plunge tens of millions of dollars into the struggling local news sector. Just hours after the compromise was …

The worldwide web as we know it may be ending
3 years, 10 months ago

The worldwide web as we know it may be ending

CNN  

CNN Business — Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. The result is that “either platforms voluntarily or governments forcibly are erecting geographical barriers, so that we see different things in one country than in another.” The great retreat While Facebook isn’t the only tech company in the crosshairs of governments around the globe, …

Facebook To Restore News Content After Brokering Deal With Australian Regulators
3 years, 10 months ago

Facebook To Restore News Content After Brokering Deal With Australian Regulators

NPR  

Facebook To Restore News Content After Brokering Deal With Australian Regulators Enlarge this image toggle caption Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Updated at 1:36 p.m. ET Facebook will restore news pages in Australia after the government agreed to change a proposed law forcing tech companies to pay publishers for news content. "We are satisfied that the Australian government has …

Australia will not change new legislation despite Facebook block
3 years, 10 months ago

Australia will not change new legislation despite Facebook block

Op India  

Australia is locked in a pitched battle with Facebook. The island continent’s House of Representatives has passed a new law last night, which requires big tech platforms like Facebook and Google to reach commercial agreements and strike revenue deals with news outlets whose content drives traffic on the platforms. An Australian lawmaker on Monday communicated in plain and simple terms …

Australian won't change planned content laws despite Facebook block
3 years, 10 months ago

Australian won't change planned content laws despite Facebook block

The Hindu  

Australia will not change proposed laws that would make Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook pay news outlets for content, a senior lawmaker said on Monday, despite vocal opposition from the BigTech firms. Facebook has strongly protested the laws and last week abruptly blocked all news content and several state government and emergency department accounts. While both Google and Facebook have …

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