“The code simply aims to bring fairness and transparency to Facebook and Google’s relationships with Australian news media businesses.”. Google and Facebook do pay for some news content in specific markets, and said they plan to roll these initiatives out to more countries. Your Ad Choices President Macron says France will not give up its values after the attack at the Notre-Dame basilica. Tuesday’s statement marked the company’s first comment since Google also took an aggressive approach to the looming legislation, although the search giant has stopped short of saying it would block search functions in Australia. Privacy Notice The mandatory news code has been backed by all the major media companies including News Corp Australia, Nine Entertainment and Guardian Australia, as a way to offset the damage caused by the loss of advertising revenue to Facebook and Google. Facebook joined fellow tech giant Google in aggressively fighting the proposal, which Australian officials are working to finalize. Independent News, Information and Events for Australian Seniors © 2020 Guardian News & Media Limited or its affiliated companies. Your California Privacy Rights The new line in the terms is: “We also can remove or restrict access to your content, services or information if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Facebook”. 1,371 were here. Read about our approach to external linking. “This is not our first choice – it is our last. Facebook has threatened to block Australians from sharing news articles if lawmakers there approve a proposal to make it pay news outlets for their content. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Not even the NYT's local team. Easton denied the ACCC’s claim that the digital giants make money from news, saying “the reverse is true” in the case of Facebook. “This is not our first choice — it is our last,” Will Easton, managing director for Facebook Australia and New Zealand, wrote in the post. News doesn't make it much $ I'd assume. aggressive approach to the looming legislation. We've received your submission. “We are ready to engage and hope to come to a constructive outcome with Facebook which will work for both of us and importantly the Australian community,” a Nine spokeswoman said. 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Facebook’s News Feed sent Australian news websites 2.3 billion clicks worth about 200 million Australian dollars (about $147.6 million) in the first five months of this year at no charge, Easton said in the blog post. https://t.co/we0aF2UxU1. Spotify and Joe Rogan under fire over Alex Jones role, US alters passport ruling for Jerusalem births, At least 140 migrants drown off Senegal coast, UN says, France attack: What we know about stabbings in Nice, Australia plans to make tech giants pay for news, Google accused of misinformation in Australia row. 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Facebook chose to brief American journalists ahead of the release of the news about the ban, while ignoring Australian media. But in a blog post, Facebook's managing director for Australia and New Zealand Will Easton, said the draft law "misunderstands the dynamics of the internet and will do damage to the very news organisations the government is trying to protect". “As the ACCC and the Government work to finalise the draft legislation, we hope all parties will engage in constructive discussions.”. 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Sitemap The code simply aims to bring fairness and transparency to Facebook and Google’s relationships with Australian news media businesses. Facebook claimed the measure would force it to pay publishers for content they voluntarily place on its platforms. The social media network said that if the proposed legislation becomes law it will stop Australians from sharing news on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram. UGC is their business. Regulators want tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for the content reposted from news outlets. They are so afraid of paying for news content that they’re prepared to damage their own business to avoid it.One third of Australians get their news from Facebook.If Facebook pulls news they will lose all that data harvesting, all that eyeball time. He said in the first five months of 2020 Facebook sent two billion clicks from Facebook’s News Feed back to Australian news websites “at no charge”, traffic that was worth an estimated $200m to Australian publishers. Mr Easton claimed Facebook sent 2.3bn clicks from Facebook's newsfeed back to Australian news websites, worth around A$200m ($148m; £110m) during the first five months of the year. “But it is the only way to protect against an outcome that defies logic and will hurt, not help, the long-term vibrancy of Australia’s news and media sector.”. He argued it would force Facebook to pay for content that publishers voluntarily place on its platform to generate traffic back to their news sites. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has drawn up the rules to "level the playing field" between the tech giants and publishers that it says are struggling due to lost advertising revenue. 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The director of the Australia Institute’s Centre for Responsible Technology, Peter Lewis, said Facebook is prepared to remove trusted journalism from its site but will allow disinformation and conspiracy theories to flourish. The social media platform has said it would stop users sharing news on Facebook and Instagram if Australia’s new digital platform rules become law. The statement had some support, including from billionaire tech mogul Mike Cannon-Brookes who said media would be the loser not Facebook. 2,757, This story has been shared 760 times. Facebook users in Australia may soon be blocked from sharing news. All rights reserved. US election 2020 polls: Who is ahead - Trump or Biden? "Google, Facebook and others have been getting away with giving it away for free for too long," Michael Wade, a professor at the IMD Business School in Switzerland and Singapore, told the BBC last month. The draft law pushed by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission would create a mechanism for news companies to negotiate payments from tech platforms such as Facebook and Google for their content. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.