Facebook News launches in Australia
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Facebook will begin to roll out its special News section to a small number of Australian users today, which will feature content from mostly larger local news outlets.
The launch was delayed due to the discussions around the media bargaining code which became law this year after heated exchanges between publishers, tech platforms and politicians resulted in Facebook temporarily banning all news from its platform in Australia.
ACCC chairman Rod Sims says deals between Facebook and the news publishers would not have been possible without the media bargaining code.
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After returning news to the platform in exchange for concessions to the code, Facebook quickly struck a deal to pay Seven West Media for its journalism. Nine Entertainment, owner of
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Guardian Australia lands deal with Facebook to licence news to the platform
July 5, 2021 10:36
According to an article published on Saturday in the Guardian Australia, the publisher will licence its news content to Facebook’s News tab which is yet to launch locally.
Guardian Australia lands deal with Facebook to licence news to the platform
The Facebook News tab, which has already launched in the US, is a dedicated tab on the platform which pays select news publishers to host their content.
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Guardian Australia’s managing director, Dan Stinton, said in the article the agreement with Facebook had been reached on Friday.