Sydney:
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison vowed on Friday to press ahead with laws to force Facebook Inc to spend news outlets for content, saying he had received assistance from globe leaders soon after the social media giant blacked out all media.
Here’s a timeline of how the events unfolded in current years.
July 2017 – Australia’s competitors regulator encouraged a voluntary code in its Digital Platforms Inquiry to address bargaining energy imbalances among significant digital platforms – Google and Facebook – and media corporations.
December 2017 – The watchdog — Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) — stated it would investigate whether or not U.S. on-line giants Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google have disrupted the news media marketplace to the detriment of publishers and customers.
July 2019 – Australia stated it would establish the world’s very first committed workplace to police Facebook and Google as portion of reforms created to rein in the U.S. technologies giants.
December 2019 – The Government directed the ACCC to work with each the news and digital platform corporations to create a voluntary code.
April 2020 – the government directed the ACCC to draft a mandatory code soon after the regulator advised that the corporations have been “unlikely to reach voluntary agreement” and COVID-19 exacerbated the pressures faced by Australian media sector
July 2020 – The ACCC released draft legislation for the media bargaining code.
July 2020 – Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg says the nation would force Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google to spend Australian media outlets for news content.
August 2020 – Google criticised proposed Australian antitrust laws saying its cost-free search service would be “at risk” and users’ individual information could be shared if it is created to spend news organisations for their content.
September 2020 – Facebook stated it would cease Australians sharing news content on its platforms if a proposal to make it spend nearby media outlets for their content becomes law.
September 2020 – The ACCC says Facebook will be “weakened” if it stops Australians from sharing news so the business can stay away from paying for content beneath proposed laws.
December 2020 – The News Media Bargaining Bill 2020 was introduced to Parliament with the intent to force significant digital platforms ~Verify~ Google and Facebook ~Verify~ to spend Australian media corporations for use of news content.
February 2021 – Google strikes bargains with media corporations like NewsCorp to spend for journalism.
February 2021 – The news media bargaining code, which has bipartisan assistance, clears home of representatives.
February 2021 – Facebook blocks news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of the dispute with the government, wiping out pages from Australian state governments and charities as effectively as from domestic and international news organisations.
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