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Blank pages and empty news feeds as Facebook news goes dark in Australia By Reuters Byron Kaye Sydney - Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the government over paying for content. The move was swiftly criticised by news producers, politicians and human rights advocates, particularly as it became clear that official health pages, emergency safety warnings and welfare networks had all been scrubbed from the site along with news. "Facebook was wr...

Facebook blocks news content in Australia February 20, 2021 The BBC Facebook page, as seen in Australia. (Alyce Collett/YJI) Melbourne, Australia – Facebook took a huge step this week in its battle with the Australian government, blocking access to content from news outlets for anyone in Australia.  Facebook and Google have been battling with the Australian federal government over proposed legislation to make the technology giants pay for Australian news content on their platforms. The legislation, colloquially known as the ‘Media Bargaining Code,’ would see companies like Facebook and...

In the media Australian senate endorses news media bargaining code Latest approval takes bargaining code between news media companies and Google and Facebook a step closer to law. Australia's controversial and internationally debated News Media Bargaining Code is a step closer to being enacted into legislation following the Senate's decision to pass the Media and Digital Platforms Mandatory Bargaining Code Bill 2020 .(12 February 2021). More... Government moving in the right direction on Federal Judicial Commission The Law Council of Australia has long advocated for the establishment of a st...

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Facebook has blocked people in Australia from accessing and sharing news content in a dispute with the government that would require it to share revenue from news.