CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA) – Australian lawmakers are expected to give approval for amendments, on the landmark legislation prompting Facebook and Alphabet’s Google to pay media companies for news content, in spite of opposition from some minor political parties. Australia’s Senate
CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA) – 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 for media content displayed on their platforms. Australia and the social media group have been entangled in a standoff for more than a week after the […]
CANBERRA (AUSTRALIA) – Australian news pages will be restored by Facebook Inc in the next few days after Canberra agreed to make changes to legislation that would force the latter to pay media companies for news content. Australia and Facebook have been in an argument for more than a week as Canberra went ahead with […]
SYDNEY (AUSTRALIA) – Australians had their news feeds empty on their Facebook Inc pages on Thursday after the latter blocked all media content, in a dramatic turn of events, as part of a dispute with the government over paying for content. The move received flak from news producers, politicians and human rights advocates, as it […]
SYDNEY – The Australian privacy regulator filed a lawsuit against Facebook Inc accusing the social media giant of sharing the personal details of more than 300,000 people with political consultant Cambridge Analytica without their knowledge. In the Federal Court lawsuit, the Australian Information Commissioner accused Facebook of breaching privacy law by disclosing