Facebook said Tuesday it will end its week-long blockade of Australian news sites after reaching agreement with the Australian government on a pending law that forces Facebook and Google to pay news ...

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As many as 311,000 Australians could be eligible for part of the payout. But the clock is ticking: claims close on December ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

Facebook (FB) is warning its users in Australia that it will prevent them from sharing local and international news if the country moves forward with new legislation that would force the company to ...

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On Wednesday, Facebook launched a capital strike against the country of Australia. Rather than continue negotiations with Australia regarding paying for the news content circulating on its platform, ...

Facebook is blocking Australian users from seeing, sharing, and interacting with news on the site. Moreover, all Facebook users worldwide aren't able to see news shared by Australian news outlets.

Facebook's page in Australia appeared to be banned following its announcement that it would be banning news publications on its Australia platform. What's Undetermined As of this writing, it remains ...

In all these cases, Facebook acted with a kind of supra-national authority, exercising its power with relative impunity. Now, with Australia—a democracy grappling with how to fairly regulate its tech ...