News
Australia’s competition watchdog is closely watching a United States antitrust case against internet search and advertising giant Google, with a US government lawsuit accusing the company of illegally using its market power to fend off rivals.
Opinion
A government-backed ACCC push to make Google and Facebook pay publishers for Australian news risks backfiring on all parties including consumers, argues Richard Holden. He says that government itself should help subsidise journalism in the interests of democracy.
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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.
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.
Facebook is threatening to stop Australian users from sharing news if the social media giant is forced to compensate media companies for publishing their stories.
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.
In an international deal announced by Google, South Australia’s InDaily has been selected as one of a handful of international news sites to contribute to a new Google app for quality journalism.
