By Shawn Lim

Facebook has threatened to block news publishers and people in Australia from sharing news on its platforms if the proposed law to force the platform to share revenue with publishers in the country is passed.

Australia has taken steps to ensure media businesses remain viable. The country treasurer Josh Frydenberg instructed the competition watchdog Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) to develop a mandatory code of conduct for Facebook and Google.

Originally due to be finalised by November 2020, the code was to require the digital ad giants to negotiate in good faith on how to pay news media for use Read full story ›

Source: The Drum