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CANBERRA: Facebook will restore Australian news pages, ending an unprecedented week-long blackout after wringing concessions from the government ...

Details 23 February 2021 According to an article just published on Bloomberg, Facebook has announced that it is working to restore news pages in Australia after reportedly coming to an agreement with the government over the Media Bargaining Code. Quoting William Easton, MD of Facebook Australia, Bloomberg reported that restrictions on news sharing "should be lifted in the coming days". This comes shortly after the Australian government, which initially said it will not budge on the matter, made several changes to the legislation, said the article. This inc...

Facebook said on Tuesday it will restore Australian news pages after negotiating changes with the government to a proposed law that forces tech giants to pay fo

The Australian government has blinked first. Facebook has negotiated amendments to Australia’s controversial “media bargaining code”, and has agreed to restore news content for Australian users in the coming days. In a blogpost, Facebook said the Australian government has agreed to a number of amendments to the Media Bargaining Code following negotiations, and guaranteed to address the company’s core concerns “about allowing commercial deals that recognize the value our platform provides to publishers relative to the value we receive from them”. Campbell Brown, VP, Global News Par...

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