Facebook turns news outage in Australia to restore content

Facebook had withdrawn news content from Australia in a case of the ' News Media Bargaining Code ' under discussion in Australia, but the situation was due to negotiations between the government and Facebook. Has turned around and announced that Facebook will restore news content.

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https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/news-australia-decision

Facebook Strikes Deal to Restore News Sharing in Australia --The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/technology/facebook-australia-news.html

Facebook to reverse news ban on Australian sites, government to make amendments to media bargaining code --ABC News
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-02-23/facebook-reverses-news-ban-on-australian-sites-media-code/13173984

Facebook reverses ban on Australian news as government agrees to amend media code
https://www.news.com.au/technology/online/social/facebook-to-lift-news-ban-for-australian-users-and-publishers/news-story/e3567b796fbe642418d8b220b101988d

Facebook and Google make a profit by collecting and distributing articles published by news media, but it is a problem that the profit is not distributed to news media, and in Australia news media is about usage fees and usage The enactment of the 'News Media Negotiation Law' that enables negotiations is under discussion.

The law provides that if platforms such as Google and Facebook do not sign contracts with the media, the Treasury will specify news usage fees and force payments for content access.

Not surprisingly, the new law has received strong opposition from the platform, Google has indicated that it may stop providing search engines in Australia, and Facebook has changed the specifications so that news articles cannot be posted or linked. It is reported that this change has reduced the number of access to news media from within Australia by more than 10% and the number of access from abroad by more than 20%.

Facebook changed specifications to 'cannot post & link to any news articles' in Australia --GIGAZINE

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Due to the significant impact of the above specification changes, Australia has announced that it will make some amendments to the new law. The fix will prevent Facebook from being completely legally enforced if the platform voluntarily pays for news media, and Facebook will no longer be immediately forced to pay for media, Facebook said in Australia. We have agreed to revive the news content. 'News articles and links will be restored in the next few days,' said Josh Frydenberg, Australia's Finance Minister.

Frydenberg also said that 'Australia had a proxy war in the world' about this case.

Facebook announced the restrictions on the use of news content in Australia on the following page on February 17, but updated the content on February 23 and announced the news restoration in Australia.

The Value of News on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/journalismproject/news-australia-decision

In addition, Microsoft is in response to the fact that Google has indicated that to withdraw a search engine from Australia 'Microsoft is ready to grow the Bing' and had been mentioned , but of one day before Facebook to announce the news restoration On the 22nd, it announced that it will create a 'standard group of technology and media aimed at building trust in online content' with Adobe, BBC, Intel, Arm, Truepic and others.

Technology and media entities join forces to create standards group aimed at building trust in online content --Stories
https://news.microsoft.com/2021/02/22/technology-and-media-entities-join-forces-to-create-standards-group-aimed-at-building-trust-in-online-content/

Microsoft's announcement is in line with Adobe's Digital Content Authenticity Initiative , which seeks to clarify the origin of media content, revealing the origin of media content and what edits it has made. The purpose is to do.