Facebook apologises for threatening to ban 81-year-old knitter for ‘hate speech’ because she promoted her woollen ‘white pigs’ Rita Rich-Mulcahy, 81, from Adelaide, Australia, knitted 100 wool pigs for charity Facebook issued her with warnings after she innocently commented ‘white pigs’ Mrs Rich-Mulcahy says she uses knitting to deal with the grief of losing husband … Read more
Australia has passed a world-first law to make Google and Facebook pay media organisations for hosting their news content. Both tech giants have already agreed multi-million-dollar deals with some of Australia’s biggest news companies – and more negotiations are under way. The bill passed on Thursday with bipartisan support after the government made some last … Read more
Facebook will end its news blockade of Australia ‘in the coming days’ after ministers folded and agreed to water down new laws requiring the site to pay for content Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the news today after days of one-to-one negotiations with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, hailing it as a victory and saying the … Read more
Facebook will restore Australian news pages this week after reaching a deal with the government over its world-first law regulating big tech. The social media platform was condemned by politicians and users around the world after it blocked 25million Australians from viewing and sharing news articles on Thursday. The ‘arrogant and disgraceful’ move – which … Read more
This is a battle we should have fought and won long ago. But now that the stakes have risen so high – with Facebook and the Australian government at war over the tech giant’s refusal to pay for news content – we must all throw our full support behind our democratic friends Down Under. And … Read more
Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden, pictured in Downing Street earlier this month, wants a meeting with Facebook this week Downing Street blasted Facebook today over its continued blockade of Australian news websites, with a threat to take on the social media giant in the UK. No10 today said Britain would be ‘robust in defending free speech … Read more
The CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, is said to have personally overseen changes on the social media platform’s content policy that would allow the site to ‘go easy’ on conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and the website run by him, InfoWars. InfoWars is an American far-right conspiracy theory and fake news website owned Jones who was … Read more
‘A golden opportunity’: How YouTubers, politicians and even conspiracy theorists can seize control of Facebook following Mark Zuckerberg’s ruthless ban on news from the platform YouTuber calls on followers to ‘control the narrative’ on Facebook amid news ban News still blocked, but politicians and YouTubers can still post unfiltered views Dozens of pages and groups … Read more
Culture secretary Oliver Dowden ‘to confront Facebook this week’ over blocking news in Australia as Matt Hancock backs making social media giants pay for publishing links to stories Matt Hancock said he is a ‘great admirer’ of Canada and Australia in interview Both are trying to make the social media giant pay publishers for sharing … Read more
Matt Hancock backs Australia in news battle with Facebook in bid to make the social media giant pay for publishing links to online stories Matt Hancock said he is a ‘great admirer’ of Canada and Australia in interview Both are trying to make the social media giant pay publishers for sharing stories Moves under way … Read more