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Facebook Working Out Deals With News Corp and Nine

Rose Daisley March 15, 2021 No Comments

It’s looking like a deal is underway between Facebook and Nine Entertainment, the owner of The Australian Financial Review, over payments for news content, and a letter of intent is…

Facebook Asks Court To Toss Out Breakup Lawsuit

April Glover March 11, 2021 No Comments

Facebook has formally asked a federal judge to toss out a U.S antitrust case against the social media giant, claiming the government is unfairly trying to reverse acquisitions it won…

Zuckerberg Touts “Teleportation” By 2030

Jake Nelson March 10, 2021 No Comments

Smart glasses could help us “teleport” into our workplaces or other people’s homes by 2030, says Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. In an interview with The Information, Zuckerberg predicted that smart…

Facebook Probed On Its Targeted Advertising Practices

April Glover March 9, 2021 No Comments

US lawmakers are probing Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on the social media giant’s advertising practices regarding gun accessories and protective equipment. The group of 23 US House Democrats allege targeted…

ACCC Wants Facebook To Strike Deals With Small Publishers Too

April Glover February 24, 2021 No Comments

Australia’s consumer watchdog has called on Facebook to also ink deals with small, local publishers to avoid regulation under the government’s controversial media code. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission…

BREAKING NEWS: Facebook Agrees To Restore Australian News Pages

April Glover February 23, 2021 No Comments

Facebook has agreed to restore Australian news pages within the next few days. The social media giant plans to unblock Oz news outlets from the platform at an undetermined date…

Suing Facebook Pointless, Blocked Media Outlets Warned

April Glover February 23, 2021 No Comments

Publications blocked by Facebook’s blanket Australian media ban shouldn’t bother suing the social media giant for loss of income, warns a tech lawyer. Many news outlets, including tech lifestyle publication…

WhatsApp To Block Users Who Don’t Accept New T&Cs

April Glover February 23, 2021 No Comments

Encrypted messaging platform WhatsApp will block users who do not accept its updated terms and conditions by the May 15 deadline. WhatsApp users will not be able to receive or…

Oz Government Pulls Advertising From Facebook As Social Media War Ramps Up

April Glover February 22, 2021 No Comments

The federal government is pulling all advertising from Facebook in a move which could lose the social media giant millions of dollars. After the Mark Zuckerberg-owned platform blocked all Australian…

Australian News To Facebook Plummets After Ban Imposed

Computer Daily News February 22, 2021 No Comments

SYDNEY: Web traffic to Australian news sites has been severely impacted by Facebook’s block of the social media platform content. Analyst Chartbeat’s new site content on Facebook fell by around…