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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.

Google and Facebook were both under fire over the media bargaining code in Australia. Google may have won CNN 2/18/2021 © Provided by CNN Mark Zuckerberg Sundar Pichai Facebook and Google are taking vastly different approaches to an escalating battle in Australia that could reset the relationship between tech and media. In the face of a proposed media code that would force Big Tech to pay publishers for news shared on their platforms, Facebook has decided that it would rather just stop peo...

By Press Association 2021 A disclaimer is shown on the bottom of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology page on the Facebook app Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism have raised questions among proponents and critics, including whether it effectively makes Google and Facebook “pay for clicks”. The battle is being watched closely in the European Union, where officials and legislators are drafting sweeping new digit...

Facebook blocked Aussies from reading and sharing local news on Thursday  Emergency services and domestic violence helpline pages were also removed Simon Milner, head of policy in the Asia-Pacific, said it is not Facebooks fault Mr Milner didnt comment on whether algorithm tests had been undertaken He admitted some vital pages had been inadvertently caught up in the ban

By Press Association 2021 A disclaimer is shown on the bottom of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology page on the Facebook app Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism have raised questions among proponents and critics, including whether it effectively makes Google and Facebook “pay for clicks”. The battle is being watched closely in the European Union, where officials and legislators are drafting sweeping new digit...

Australian users of Facebook woke up to a very different feed on Thursday, after the social network blocked them from seeing or posting news over a government plan to force tech giants to pay publishers for their 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.

DID SCOTTY KNOW? According to Scott Morrison’s claim that no one in his office knew about Brittany Higgins’ alleged rape has been undermined by newly-released text messages revealing one of his staffers was “mortified” by the story and pledged to bring the allegations to the prime minister’s chief of staff. The April 3, 2019 text came 11 days after the alleged incident and, reportedly, were due to a friend’s connection with the Prime Minister’s Office after Higgins confided sh...

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Regulator found a power imbalance between media and Google and Facebook  Australian government wants to pass a new law to force big tech to pay for news  Google has threatened to leave the Australian market if the code goes ahead Facebook said it may be forced to stop Australians from seeing news content    Microsoft says it would never threaten to leave and has supported the code