September 1, news, social giant Facebook plans to prevent users and publishers in Australia from sharing news, this move is aimed at countering a proposed bill in Australia that will force Facebook to pay media companies for content usage fees.
Facebook said in a blog post on Monday that the bill was unfair and would allow publishers to charge arbitrarily. Facebook said that if this bill becomes law, the company will take unprecedented measures to prevent Australians from sharing news on Facebook and Instagram .
“This is a decision that we don’t want to make,” said Campbell Brown, vice president of Facebook’s Global News Partnership. “This is the only way to prevent the bill’s consequences, which will harm Australian media organizations. Instead of helping them.”
This threat from Facebook has further escalated the antitrust dispute between the company and the Australian government. Previously, the Australian government wanted Facebook and Google to compensate publishers for the value they provided to their platforms. This legislation also needs to be approved by the Australian government. The bill shows that if the two parties cannot reach an agreement, the arbitration panel will determine the fees that the technology company must pay to the publisher.
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