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Facebook plans to introduce a dedicated news product for Australian users. The move comes after the social media giant blocked the nation's access to news in February.
Malcolm Turnbull fronts senate hearing to denounce News Corp April 12, 2021 5:54 Round three of the public hearings into media diversity in Australia saw former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull front the senate committee along with Facebook and senior media executives from Prime, Private Media and WIN. Giving evidence by video link, Turnbull told the senators of the Environment and Communications References Committee that News Corp had developed an unhealthy level of political influence in Australia. “News Corp now is like a political party, but with just one member, or one family of member...
Disinformation, abuse and harmful content published on technology platforms poses an urgent threat to society as life increasingly moves online. Every minute, 500 hours of video are posted to YouTube and 243,000 photos are uploaded onto Facebook, according to the World Economic Forum. On Facebook alone, 11.6 million pieces of content on child nudity and sexual exploitation of children were removed in the third quarter of 2019, a substantial increase on the previous quarter. Bullying, fake accounts to spam or defraud and terrorist propaganda is also spreading rapidly. For now, Facebook is larg...
Facebook is expected to launch its news product in Australia once it secures deals with publishers - but agreements are stalling over the ‘poison pill’ clause.
Australia’s prime minister says Facebook is back at the negotiating table after the tech giant this week blocked news on its site in the country. However, despite Scott Morrison saying Facebook has “tentatively friended us again”, the company has publicly indicated no change in its opposition to the proposed law requiring social media platforms to pay for links to news content. Senior Facebook Asia-Pacific executive Simon Milner was on Friday...