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Google accounts for 53% of Australian online advertising revenue and Facebook for 23%, according to Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Google had threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia in response to the legislation, which would create a panel to make pricing decisions on news. On Thursday, Facebook responded by blocking users from accessing and sharing Australian news. Facebook said the proposed law "ignores the realities" of its relationship with publishers that use its service to "share news content." That was despite Frydenberg saying this week Google and Facebook "do wa...

IFJ 18 February 2021 Australia: Facebook bans access to news content Social media giant Facebook has restricted all Australian news media organisations from posting content to the platform from February 18, blocking all users domestically and internationally from viewing or sharing Australian-produced news. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its Australian affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) in condemning a move that gravely undermines press freedom in the country Facebook has restricted all Australian news media organisations from posting content...

Australia is joining France and other governments in pushing Google, Facebook and other internet giants to pay news organisations.

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.

Facebook users in Australia are opening up the website to find that news has largely disappeared from the site.