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Discussions between the federal government and Facebook are taking place over the weekend, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has revealed, and his talks with Mark Zuckerberg were constructive - but the stand-off hasn’t ended yet.
After wiping all traces of news from the feeds of Aussie Facebook users, a senior exec has apologised for the tech giant’s “mistakes'.
Facebook has "tentatively friended" Australia again after a major backlash over its decision to block the country's news websites. The tech giant is pulling news content from its platform in Australia, over a new law proposal that compels internet firms to pay news organisations. Australian politicians are considering forcing digital businesses to reach paid-for-news agreements with media companies with draft legislation that could create a...
URL copied Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for curbing Facebook's influence after the technology giant banned Australians from accessing some news content on the social media platform in response to the government's proposed media bargaining code. The pages of health departments, governments, fire services and the Bureau of Meteorology were also wiped on Thursday. In a post on Facebook on Thursday, Morrison vowed that his government would not be "intimidated" by the move. "Facebook's actions t...
Critics of Australian media law ask: does it effectively make Google and Facebook 'pay for clicks' and might it mark the end of free access?