news media bargaining code
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Facebook and News Corp Have Reached a Three Year News Distribution Deal
After temporarily disabling Australian news organisations’ ability to share news links in February, Facebook announced on Monday that it had reached a licensing agreement with the news giant News Corp.
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Facebook Told Us to Suck It, For a Change
Attention, haters: you have officially been put on notice by Facebook’s VP of Global Affairs Nick Clegg.
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Facebook Could Turn The News Back On But They Don’t Care
By now everyone’s seen the news (somehow): Facebook has pulled news in Australia. But as much as the company wants to paint it as unavoidable, this decision, the timing and the method is all Facebook’s choice. They could reverse it whenever they want — they just don’t want to. Facebook’s decision to stop showing news…
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Australia’s Plan To Force Tech Giants To Pay For News Will Be Decided On Next Week
After much back and forth, it’s happening. The Federal Government said it will vote on its controversial news media bargaining code next week, which could force Facebook and Google to negotiate about paying for news from publishers in Australia. On Friday afternoon, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and Communication Minister Paul Fletcher said that Treasury Laws Amendment…