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Facebook has not stopped being friends with Australia entirely. According to Reuters, the social network is currently in negotiations with the Australian authorities, a few days after it prevented users in the country from sharing news links. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced at a press conference that the company has ” [the country] again “and he’s” back on the table … “More talks are expected over the weekend, according to Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg, who said he spoke with company director Mark Zuckerberg
The social network blocked Australian publishers and residents from posting or sharing news content a few days ago in response to a proposed law in the country that would require it to pay media outlets for its content. However, in doing so, he also accidentally blocked the publication of the pages of various government agencies and non-profit organizations.
The proposed law has been a point of contention between the Australian government and tech giants like Google and Facebook since last year. Authorities originally wanted payments to the media to be voluntary, but changed the proposed law to make payments mandatory after COVID: 19 affected media advertising revenue.
Google dropped its plans to release select news stories in the country and previously said it would disable search if the proposal is approved. However, Google recently signed a three-year agreement to pay for the content of News Corp’s posts. It remains to be seen whether Facebook’s talks with the government mean that it is also open to signing license agreements.
