In an extraordinary backflip, Facebook announced Tuesday it will reverse its block on Australian users sharing news on its site and accept proposed government media bargaining laws that force it to pay for content.
Frydenberg added Australia had been a "Proxy battle" for the rest of the world on the regulation of Google and Facebook.
"I have no doubt that so many other countries are looking at what is happening here in Australia, because of this innovative code the Morrison government is now pursuing, so Facebook and Google have not hidden the fact that they know that the eyes of the world are on Australia, and that is why they have sought to get a code here that is workable," he said.
Facebook initially argued it had been forced to block Australian news in response to the proposed legislation, objecting to having to negotiate and set up a "Fairer" negotiation process between the tech giants and news companies over the value of news content.
Morrison very quickly made clear his conservative coaliton government would set the terms and Facebook would have to comply as part of the long-running dispute.
Against extreme-Left Big Tech! Australian lawmakers will proceed with world-first legislation that will make Alphabet's Google and Facebook pay publishers for content.
India and the UK have already said they watched the media battle Down Under with interest and have flagged plans to follow Canberra's lead. Canada has gone one step furter, and as Breitbart News reported Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault said last Thursday his country will now make Facebook compensate Canadian news organizations for using their content just as Australia has succeeded in doing.
Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Facebook Reverses Australian News Ban, Bows to Government Regulation
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