Users in Australia could not read or share news on the platform, Facebook announced. The company announced that this is a reaction to the new Media Bargain law.
Facebook bets on the cost for users
According to a blog post, it “will restrict publishers and…
Although
it hurried to launch News Showcase in Australia, Google lost its
battle to completely avoid the news media code. Thus, the Sydney
Morning Herald and the Aged refused to negotiate until the code comes
into effect. Still, it managed to reach a deal with seven…
Google
announced it would pay publishers to reuse the snippets of their
content. This comes just a few days after it tried to show how much
money it brought in Australia, in order to avoid such payments.
In
fact, the giant also tried to avoid paying French publishers…
