The official app of the local news agency jumps to No. 1 in the App Store ranking due to Facebook's ban on sharing news
From February 17, 2021, Facebook banned the sharing of news content in Australia, where legislation is being developed to require major IT companies to pay news royalties. On February 19, two days after Facebook became inaccessible to the news, the
Australia's ABC News shot to the top of the App Store charts following Facebook's news ban --The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/19/22291406/abc-news-app-top-charts-facebook-ban-australia
Local News App Beats Facebook in Australian App Store
https://www.makeuseof.com/au-news-beats-fb-in-store/
Major IT companies such as Facebook make money by collecting and distributing various news contents. On the other hand, it has been pointed out that sufficient compensation has not been paid to news producers, and Australian authorities have enacted legislation that requires major IT companies to 'distribute revenue from news content to publishers.' Is proceeding.
Facebook responded to the move to require payment of news usage fees, saying, 'We will have to ban news sharing in Australia.' On February 17, 2021, on the official blog, 'We will limit Australian publishers and people in Australia from sharing and viewing news content at home and abroad,' Facebook users. Is no longer able to view or share domestic or international news.
Facebook changed specifications to 'cannot post & link to any news articles' in Australia --GIGAZINE
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Some of the users who have lost news from Facebook, which they used to use as a source of information, have begun to look for new sources of information. As a result, on February 19, two days after the ban on news sharing, it was reported that ABC's official app ranked first in the number of downloads on the Australian App Store.
A homegrown Australian news app is now No. 1 in the App Store. Features include: reverse-chronological feed; less misinformation than the leading brand; and the “stories” here don't disappear after 24 hours! I think it could have a chance…. Pic.twitter.com/JRqqCNC5ax
— Casey Newton (@CaseyNewton) February 19, 2021
It has been pointed out that one of the reasons why ABC's official app is gaining popularity is that ABC has activated the promotion of the app due to the ban on Facebook news sharing. When I actually visited the official ABC website , I recommended that I download the official ABC app with the sentence 'Did you miss our news on Facebook?'
According to a study by Niemann Labs , a journalism research institute at Harvard University, access to news media from within Australia is more than 10% and access from abroad is 20 due to the blockage of access from Facebook. It seems that it has decreased by more than%. As a result, ABC's promotion of the app appears to have been necessary to mitigate the impact of Facebook's actions.
In Australia, Facebook's ban on sharing news stories has sent publishers' traffic tumbling »Nieman Journalism Lab
https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/in-australia-facebooks-ban-on-sharing-news-stories-has-sent-publishers-traffic-tumbling/
Foreign media The Verge said, 'For whatever reason, readers seem to be positive about going directly to news sources beyond social media, and other news media are banning Facebook news sharing in a similar way. We may use it. ' He said this was an unexpected impact of Facebook's hard-line measures.
In addition, Google, which was asked to pay the news usage fee like Facebook, has announced that it will pay the news usage fee to the news media in contrast to Facebook.
It is also pointed out that Google started paying news usage fees to some news media in Australia and returned the palm immediately after hinting that the service will be stopped --GIGAZINE
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