Trade group chairman says robust regulation is needed to rein in monopolistic tech firms Facebook’s move to block all media content in Australia shows why countries need robust regulation to stop tech firms behaving like a “schoolyard bully”, the head of the UK’s news media trade group has said. Henry Faure Walker, the chair of …
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Drivers say working conditions remain poor after voters approved measure exempting Uber and other apps from labor laws Weeks after Proposition 22 went into effect in California and exempted some major tech firms from fully complying with labor laws, workers for rideshare and delivery apps in the state claim poor working conditions have persisted and …
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News Corp will receive ‘significant payments’ to feature news outlets in Google’s News Showcase Google and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp have signed a multi-year partnership that will lead to the search engine paying for journalism from news sites around the world, including the Wall Street Journal, the Times and the Australian. The deal, which involves …
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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 …
By turning off news sharing, Facebook has turned attention away from flawed government legislation and on to its own reckless opaque power • The day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackout When Facebook removed vast swathes of Australian media from its platform overnight on Wednesday the social media company intended to shock the …
Facebook has made good on its threat to ban Australians from seeing or posting news content on its site in response to the federal government’s proposed news media code. As of Thursday morning, news publishers were unable to post content on pages, while articles were also blocked from being shared. In implementing its new ban, …
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Facebook users flocked to Twitter to complain about the ban, which also struck community pages, health departments, charities and politicians• Facebook blocks Australian users and publishers from viewing or sharing news • Blocking Australian news shows Facebook’s pledge to fight misinformation is farcical At 5.30am Australian east coast time, after months of threats and failed …
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Social media company ban on the sharing of news has also affected dozens of government, not-for-profit and community pages The Bureau of Meteorology, state health departments, the Western Australian opposition leader, charities, and Facebook itself are among those to have been blocked on Facebook in Australia as a result of the company’s wide-ranging ban on …
Company says it has made decision ‘with a heavy heart’ in response to proposed media bargaining code Facebook has followed through on its threat to ban Australians from seeing or posting news content on its site in response to the federal government’s news media code. The tech giant’s Australian and New Zealand managing director, Will …
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Military spies called ‘world’s leading bank robbers’ One of trio had been charged with hacking Sony Pictures in 2014 The US justice department has accused three North Korean military intelligence officialsof a campaign of cyber-attacks to steal $1.3bn in crypto and traditional currencies from banks and other victims. Related: North Korea is a bigger cyber-attack …
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