Updated Feb 23, 2021 | 16:37 IST
Facebook and Google have been the target of landmark legislation in the Land Down Under, which, last week, was tabled in Australian Parliament. Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison had condemned Facebook s move to temporarily ban Australian news publishers content from its platform. | Photo Credit: AP
Key Highlights
On Thursday last week, millions of Australians woke to realise that Facebook had temporarily suspended displaying content of Australian news publishers on their home feeds
The stand-off between Facebook, Google and the Australian government is being closely monitored by nations across the world including India
India s 282 million unique visitors make the country the second-largest news consuming nation in the world behind only China