Facebook plans to introduce a dedicated news product for Australian users. The move comes after the social media giant blocked the nation s access to news in February.
Malcolm Turnbull fronts senate hearing to denounce News Corp
April 12, 2021 5:54
Round three of the public hearings into media diversity in Australia saw former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull front the senate committee along with Facebook and senior media executives from Prime, Private Media and WIN.
Giving evidence by video link, Turnbull told the senators of the Environment and Communications References Committee that News Corp had developed an unhealthy level of political influence in Australia.
“News Corp now is like a political party, but with just one member, or one family of members and that is an absolute threat to our democracy,” Turnbull told the senators.
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Anger is an emotion we’re rarely told to express. Passionate women and people of colour are often framed as outspoken, enraged, shrill or resentful. Their fights are discredited the second they raise their voice.
But regardless of how it’s framed, anger gets results. When directed in the right way, rage can inspire change. It pulls people out of their homes, it causes them to rally outside Parliament, call out bullshit and fight for what they believe in.
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