Opinion
The ACCC’s move to make social media giants pay for local news content has prompted a Facebook threat to ban news sharing in Australia. There is a better way to address the issue via the system of targeted advertising, argues Damien Spry.
Opinion
Facebook’s threat to ban Australian publishers and readers from sharing news in an escalating brawl over payments risks a vacuum being filled with misinformation and could harm its own product, argues Rob Nicholls.
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Facebook has taken down a post by US President Donald Trump, which the company said violated its rules against sharing misinformation about the coronavirus.
Tech giants will have to pay Australian commercial media for news content by the middle of next year, or face fines of up to $10 million.
President Donald Trump says he will introduce legislation that may scrap or weaken a law that has protected internet companies, including Twitter and Facebook, in an extraordinary attempt to intervene in the media.
US President Donald Trump has threatened to regulate or shut down social media companies for stifling conservative voices, a day after Twitter attached a warning to some of his tweets prompting readers to fact check the president’s claims.
