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Facebook has now officially banned Australians from sharing and seeing news on its platform. This is what that actually means for you.
The announcement was made in a blog post by Facebook Australia and New Zealand’s managing director, William Easton, on Thursday morning.
“In response to Australia’s proposed new Media Bargaining law, Facebook will restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content,” the post said.
ACCC vows to pursue Google s ad dominance, as tech giant threatens to remove its search engine from Australia
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The ACCC s move is on top of the debate around whether or not tech giants such as Google and Facebook should pay for news content.
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The Federal Government has tech giants power firmly in its sights, with the consumer watchdog warning of a lack of competition and transparency in the digital advertising space.
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The ACCC has vowed to pursue Google s potential misuse of market power, after a new report raised fresh concerns about its dominance in the digital advertising space
The explanatory memorandum to the Bill notes that it “includes amendments to the portfolio holdings disclosure rules, which generally require trustees to publish information about their disclosable investment items on their website. The portfolio holdings disclosure rules currently contain an exemption that allows trustees to choose not to disclose up to five per cent of superannuation holdings”.
The Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg and the Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and the Digital Economy, Jane Hume, in announcing the introduction of the bill to the Parliament, made reference to the portfolio holdings requirement changes under the heading of “Increasing transparency and accountability”.
As part of our economic plan, the Morrison Government will introduce legislation into Parliament to extend the application of temporary relief measures.