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Facebook's sudden move to ban Australians from accessing news in their feeds could backfire if users and advertisers walk away, writes Nassim Khadem.

Facebook's head of policy in the Asia-Pacific argues it was the government's proposed law — and not a failure to test their algorithm — that pushed them to "inadvertently" block emergency services pages during bushfire season.

Social Share SYDNEY – Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc. pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the government over paying for content. The move was swiftly criticised by news producers, politicians and human rights advocates, many of whom pointed out that official health and meteorology information had also been scrubbed during the coronavirus pandemic and at the height of Au...

Facebook Inc has blocked Australian users from sharing and viewing news content on its popular social media platform, escalating a dispute with the government over paying media publishers for content.

The head of the UK Parliament's digital and media committee says Facebook should be "ashamed" of its behaviour after it blocked access to news content for Australian users.

Facebook has drawn controversy over its decision not to serve up news links in Australia in response to the government's proposed Media Bargaining Code.

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Second Major Australian Media Group Locks in Deal With Google A second major commercial news outlet in Australia has struck a deal with Google in less than a week, as the tech giant moves to pre-empt an impending media payment law. Nine Entertainment, which owns radio, newspaper, and television assets across the country, has signed a Letter of Intent with Google Australia to be paid a lump sum of $30 million per annum over five years, according to the Australian Financial Review, which is owned...

Facebook says Australians will be restricted from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content on the platform.

Australian lawmakers press ahead with plan to force Google and Facebook to pay for news despite search giant's threat to quit the country in protest