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Facebook fights back in Australia with threat to ban news sharing – Aljazeera.com
Australian government wants the social media giant to pay for local publishers’ content amid pressure from Murdoch.
Facebook Inc. plans to block people and publishers in Australia from sharing news, a move that pushes back against a proposed law forcing the company to pay media firms for their articles.
The threat escalates an antitrust battle between Facebook and the Australian government, which wants the social-media giant and Alphabet Inc.’s Google to compensate publishers for the value they provide to their platforms.
The legislation still needs to be approved by Australia’s parliament. Under the propos…
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