Facebook is back at the table in negotiations with the Federal Government in relation to its media code, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said. Mr Morrison said he accepted an apology from the embattled social media behemoth after they shut down Australian news sites on their platform, with charity groups and vital information services caught up in the highly criticised moved. This is a really hard thing to do. We ve never done it before, said Simon Milner, the vice president of public policy for the Asia-Pacific region, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. We are sorry for the mistakes we made in some of the implementation.
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Facebook’s sudden move on Wednesday to cut Australians off from the news (and the rest of the world from Australian news) was as surprising as it was draconian. It blocked Australians from sharing any news links, Australian news publications from hosting their content on the platform, and the rest of us from sharing links to Australian news sites. It also may be a preview of how the platform will respond to the almost-certain future attempts to regulate its business not just in Australia, but all over the world.
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