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Facebook's Australia news blackout: A shock four years in the making

The fight between the world's largest social media company and the 13th-largest economy is the result of a bill, scheduled for debate next week in Australia's Senate

Facebook makes a power move in Australia with news ban, may regret it

Facebook has been in a defensive crouch amid a slew of privacy scandals, antitrust lawsuits and charges that it was letting hate speech and extremism destroy democracy.

Aus reiterates commitment to deepen cooperation at Quad foreign min meet

Quad countries work with ASEAN and through ASEAN-led architecture, particularly the East Asia Summit, to advance a stable and prosperous region, read the release

Australiann prime minister urges Facebook to lift its news blockade

Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Facebook''s move Thursday to prevent Australians accessing and sharing news as a threat

Best of BS Opinion: Sugarcane pricing, higher tax-GDP, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Facebook 'unfriends' Australia in warning for rest of the world

Govt hits out at tech giant after emergency sites blocked over decision on proposed media law

Facebook shares dip as Wall Street ponders Australia news fallout

Along with Google owner Alphabet, it now controls more than half of the digital advertising markets globally

Top headlines: RBI approves Piramal's DHFL plan; Apple lobbies with India

In Australia, Facebook has blocked access to news on its platform. More on that story in our top headlines

Anger mounts as Facebook's Aus news ban sweeps up charities, govt pages

Facebook's reach in Australia is powerful. It has more than 11 million users in a population of 25 million

Australian media law raises questions about 'pay for clicks'

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee says Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism could set a precedent that renders the Internet as we know it unworkable

Facebook blocks Australians from sharing news, alarm over access to info

Australia's government said the ban threatened Facebook's "credibility"

US: Secy of State Blinken to hold 'Quad' meet with Australia, India, Japan

Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in a telephone call last week to strengthen Indo-Pacific security through the Quad

Facebook blocks news content in Australia as it blasts proposed law

The move, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, represents a divergence in responses among the big tech giants under attack by news publishers

News Corp strucks a global news deal with Alphabet's Google

The companies will develop a subscription platform, share advertising revenue through Google's ad technology services, build out audio journalism and develop video journalism by YouTube

New Zealand, Australia quarrel over alleged Islamic State suspect

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been arguing with Australian counterpart Scott Morrison over which country should take responsibility for the woman if she's deported from Turkey

Australian government to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay

The amendment is for clarifying that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links

Google and Facebook nearing deals to pay for news, says Australia

Seven West Media strikes partnership with Google

Major Australian media company strikes news pay deal with Google

Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism

Australia receives over 142,000 doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also be among the first to receive a dose in a bid to raise public confidence in the program

Australia says Google, Facebook close to media 'significant' pay deals

Parliament is scheduled to consider the draft laws on Tuesday after a Senate committee last week recommended no changes to the proposed regulations