The contentious “world-first” media payment law that spurred Facebook to censor news content in Australia will soon be in force after the Australian federal Parliament ratified it on Thursday. The media payment law locks Google and Facebook into a framework where eligible news outlets in Australia, with a minimum revenue of $150,000, can enter negotiations…
Australian Parliament Passes Contentious ‘World First’ Media Payment Law
February 24, 2021
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Australia Passes ‘World First’ Google, Facebook Media Payment Law
February 24, 2021
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The contentious “world-first” media payment law that spurred Facebook to censor news content in Australia will soon be in force after the Australian federal Parliament ratified it on Thursday. The media payment law locks Google and Facebook into a framework where eligible news outlets in Australia, with a minimum revenue of $150,000, can enter negotiations…
Facebook Reverses News Ban on Australia
February 23, 2021
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Facebook has decided to reverse its sweeping ban on news content in Australia after the tech giant and the federal government agreed to amendments to the impending media payment law. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and the Australian government have been engaged in eleventh-hour discussions since the ban came into place last Thursday. By Tuesday Eastern…
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Expresses Concern About COVID-19 Vaccines in Leaked Footage
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg made comments last year about COVID-19 vaccines that clash with policies that his platform has implemented, leaked video shows. Zuckerberg said in July 2020: “I do just want to make sure that I share some caution on this [vaccine] because we just don’t know the long-term side effects of basically modifying…
Facebook Moves to ‘Reduce’ Political Content
Facebook said Wednesday it will move to muffle the reach of political content on the social media platform, saying it will start testing news feeds for users in Canada, Indonesia, and Brazil. “During these initial tests we’ll explore a variety of ways to rank political content in people’s feeds using different signals, and then decide…
Video: Facts Matter (Feb. 3): Florida Governor: We Will Penalize Big Tech for Censoring Citizens
A leaked internal video from inside of Facebook shows Mark Zuckerberg praising Biden’s executive orders and disparaging President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, Steven Crowder has filed a lawsuit against Facebook, claiming that they have engaged in unfair competition, fraud, as well as false advertising. And he’s not the only one going after these tech giants, because…
Mark Zuckerberg: Facebook to ‘Reduce the Amount of Political Content’
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he wants to reduce politics on his social media platform as Facebook, Twitter, and other platforms face increasing criticism for creating what some have described as political echo chambers. “We’re also currently considering steps that we can take to reduce the amount of political content in News Feed as well,”…
Facebook CEO Zuckerberg Praised Biden’s Executive Orders: Leaked Video
Newly leaked video from an internal Facebook meeting shows CEO Mark Zuckerberg praising executive orders issued by President Joe Biden in his first day in office. “I thought President Biden’s inaugural address was very good,” Zuckerberg said in the Jan. 21 meeting. “In his first day, President Biden already issued a number of Executive Orders…
Facebook’s Zuckerberg Praised Biden’s Executive Orders: Leaked Video
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg praised executive orders issued by President Joe Biden during his first day in office, newly leaked video from a company meeting shows. “I thought President Biden’s inaugural address was very good,” Zuckerberg said during the Jan. 21 meeting. “In his first day, President Biden already issued a number of executive orders…
‘Zuckerberg Didn’t Convince Me to Back Down’: Australian Treasurer
January 31, 2021
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Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has met with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to discuss an impending new law that will force the tech giants to pay local media for display their news content. The Facebook CEO, however, was unable to shift the Australian government’s position on introducing the News Media Bargaining Code. The treasurer revealed on…
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