When asked about the charge on Tuesday, Australian police told CNN in a statement: “ACT Policing can confirm a 27-year-old Watson man is scheduled to face the ACT Magistrates court on the 2nd of August in relation to one charge of common assault following an incident in December 2021.” Barrister […]
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The three-year partnership was announced on Monday. It will allow content from much of Rupert Murdoch’s local media empire, including The Australian newspaper, to be featured on Facebook News — a section of the platform that curates coverage from selected publishers. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The agreement […]
Meghan and Harry’s bombshell Oprah interview is threatening to break up the Commonwealth as countries and commentators question whether they still want to be associated with the Royal Family. Malcolm Turnbull, Australia’s former Prime Minister, led calls to ditch Britain’s monarch as head of state following the interview, which saw […]
Australian lawmakers advanced a bill that effectively will force Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news content, clearing the last major hurdle for legislation that could set precedents for government policies worldwide. The bill, which was amended and green-lighted by Australia’s Senate, will return to its House of […]
Some commentators reckon Facebook has called Australia’s bluff. They may be about to discover that Australia isn’t bluffing. The platform’s own irresponsible and chaotic implementation of its Australian news “ban” appears to have rallied the country – citizens and politicians from across the aisles – and governments from around the […]
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. Today I want to talk about one of the fascinating tussles in technology: trying to turn the shop around the corner into an online store. Just about every business, from Walmart to […]
Facebook is taking money from China to promote Communist propaganda which denies atrocities against the Uyghur Muslims, an investigation has revealed. The Silicon Valley behemoth pocketed Beijing’s cash to promote articles which downplayed what Washington has called a genocide in Xinjiang, according to The Press Gazette. China Daily and CGTN […]
By Donna Lu Facebook individuals in Australia are seeing this message Robert Cianflone/Getty Images Facebook has actually obstructed Australian media organisations as well as individuals from sharing news material on the system, in a rising argument in between technology companies as well as the Australian federal government that might eventually […]