The PM says the social media giant’s move to block news on its platform in Australia will harden the resolve of his government
• Emily Bell: Even for a company that specialises in PR disasters, Facebook has excelled with its Australian blackout
• ‘Time to reactivate MySpace’: the day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackout
The Australian government has been blindsided by Facebook’s sudden blocking of news, government and information pages but says the “heavy-handed” move by the social network will not stop parliament from passing landmark laws to force tech giants to pay for journalism.
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, took to Facebook on Thursday to argue the platform’s decision would “confirm the concerns that an increasing number of countries are expressing about the behaviour of BigTech companies who think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them”.
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The PM says the social media giant’s move to block news on its platform in Australia will harden the resolve of his government
• Emily Bell: Even for a company that specialises in PR disasters, Facebook has excelled with its Australian blackout• ‘Time to reactivate MySpace’: the day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackout
The Australian government has been blindsided by Facebook’s sudden blocking of news, government and information pages but says the “heavy-handed” move by the social network will not stop parliament from passing landmark laws to force tech giants to pay for journalism.
The prime minister, Scott Morrison, took to Facebook on Thursday to argue the platform’s decision would “confirm the concerns that an increasing number of countries are expressing about the behaviour of BigTech companies who think they are bigger than governments and that the rules should not apply to them”. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian