in response to new government laws designed to force it to pay news publishers for content. But blocking non-news pages was not.
Under the direction of Zuckerberg, the company’s founder, major shareholder and most powerful figure, the company pushed through tweaks to its algorithm to restrict news content for Australians. Brown, formerly a prominent journalist herself, announced Facebook’s decision early on Thursday, Australian time.“We’ve reluctantly made the decision to restrict the availability of news on Facebook in Australia,” she wrote on Twitter. ”Our goal was to find a resolution that strengthened collaboration with publishers, but the legislation fails to recognise fundamental relationship between us & news organisations.
“Their decision to ban legitimate news and information … makes them seem more like a publisher than than just a digital platform,” he told“I think the government’s commitment to pushing the code through and legislation through is a really important position and being resolute in that and not responding to these types of interim steps and decisions, I think is really important. And then I think it’s going to be up to Facebook.
Milner said Facebook’s plans should not have been a surprise for the federal government. His team, along with Zuckerberg, had made their intentions clear. Frydenberg said on Friday morning he had met again with Zuckerberg to talk through the tech giant’s “remaining issues”.
zoesam93 If people stop going to Facebook and go to other places for their news - Facebooks ability to attract advertisers will drop dramatically which in turn hits their revenue - so eventually they will be the loser here
zoesam93 Where were the never ending news stories before the legislation went to the lower house. ? The explanations? The justification because media is not making sense. Not reading it because Australia unfriended Facebook. Got what they wanted now whine and whine.
zoesam93 Stop with the dishonesty. Facebook has unfriended the media. The Australian media unfriended Australians a long time ago.
zoesam93 Why does Morrison listen to the ever corruptible Murdoch Weird isn’t it