Australia has passed a new law that will require digital platforms like Facebookand Google to pay local media outlets and publishers to link their content on news feeds or in search results. The move was widely expected and comes days after the government introduced some
Facebook has reached an agreement with the Australian government and will restore news pages in the country days after restricting them. The decision follows negotiations between the tech giant and the Australian government, which is set to pass a new media law that
Facebook users in Australia are slowly coming to terms with the fact that they’ll no longer be able to get their daily news updates on the platform. In a snap decision announced Wednesday, the social media giant said it was no longer going
The CEOs of several big tech companies will again testify before Congress next month, this time to discuss misinformation on their platforms. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey will appear before members of the House Energy and Commerce
Facebook on Wednesday announced that it will no longer allow publishers and users in Australia to share or view news articles in response to a new proposed media law in the country. With the legislation, the Australian government seeks to require online platforms like Google and Facebook to
Australia is on track to the push through the legislation that would require digital platforms to pay for news, according to the country’s communications minister. The government expects the likes of Google and Facebook to comply with the law, Paul Fletcher told CNBC’s “Street Signs
Myanmar’s junta blocked Facebook and other messaging services in the name of ensuring stability on Thursday as they consolidate power following a coup and the detention of elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi. The move to silence online activists came
Microsoft said on Wednesday it fully supported proposed new laws in Australia that would force internet giants Google and Facebook to pay domestic media outlets for their content. “While Microsoft is not subject to the legislation currently pending, we’d be willing
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday announced that the company will no longer recommend civic and political groups to its users. The change comes in the wake of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. “This is a continuation
Facebook said Thursday it was referring the decision to indefinitely suspend Donald Trump’s account to its newly-formed oversight board to make the final call on what will happen to the former president’s accounts. The board was created to operate independently