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CANBERRA, Feb 20 ― Facebook Inc is back at the negotiating table, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today after the tech giant this week blocked news on its site in the country. Facebook's abrupt decision to stop Australians from sharing news on the site and strip the pages of.
Canada joins Australia in its unfriendly contest with Facebook PUBLISHED BY
The spat between Facebook and some countries asking social media companies to pay up to publish or link news content on its social media platform has escalated with Canada joining the fray.
Canada said it wants Facebook to pay for news content and said it would not back down if it shut down services in the country as it has already done in Australia.
Facebook has blocked all sharing and posting of news on its site in Australia in protest against legislation requiring it to pay publishers in the country.
Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault's promise to introduce legislation that would force tech giants like Facebook to pay Canadian media companies for their content is taking far too long, experts say.
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