Meta won't renew commercial deals with Australian news media
Mar 1, 2024 · Meta will not block access to Australian news content once the deals lapse, as it briefly did in 2021 while negotiating with the federal government over the legislation.
Tech giants like Meta, Google to be forced to pay for Australian news ...
Dec 12, 2024 · The move, described as a “news bargaining initiative,” piles pressure on global tech giants like Facebook-owner Meta Platforms and Google to pay publishers for content or face the risk of ...
Meta is ending its deals to pay for Australian news content. This …
Mar 1, 2024 · Meta informed Australian publishers on Friday that it won't be renewing the deals it made when the government introduced a highly contentious media bargaining bill. It also announced it will be shutting down Facebook's news tab features in …
Government to force Meta to pay publishers under News Media …
Dec 11, 2024 · Meta designated by Albanese government to continue paying Australian publishers for news. The social media giant will be forced to pay publishers for news content in an extraordinary intervention ...
Facebook News: Meta to pull $70 million from Australian news …
Mar 1, 2024 · Social media giant Meta has announced it will stop paying for Australian news content in an announcement that has sent shockwaves through the industry.
Facebook Australia News Feed to shut down in the first week of …
Mar 30, 2024 · Meta announced plans to shutter Facebook’s dedicated news section in Australia and the US in late February as part of a wider plan to banish its investments in news content.
Meta sends shockwaves through Australian news industry as it …
Mar 1, 2024 · Australian news outlets have been left shocked by an update from Meta, which has vowed to cease all commercial deals struck with local content makers in response to the News Media Bargaining Code ...
Australia threatens action against Meta after Facebook news …
Mar 1, 2024 · The Australian government has threatened action against Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, after the US social media company said it would stop paying local media companies this year for...
Social media tax follows hundreds of news jobs cut since Meta's …
Dec 12, 2024 · News companies have shed hundreds of jobs since Meta refused to continue paying them, and the opposition says yesterday's announcement of a new tax on the social giants could have been made months ago — before those jobs were lost.
Australia news LIVE: Meta outage leaves Instagram, Facebook, …
Dec 12, 2024 · It follows a failure from Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to renew funding deals with media companies including News Corp, the ABC, Guardian Australia and Nine – which owns this ...