
Media Outlets Call On Government to Go to War with Meta After Content Deals Axed
Australian news publishers have reacted negatively to Facebook owner Meta’s decision to end its contracts for news on the platform as the federal government vows to continue to the fight to make the multinational pay for content. The deals were due to expire in the next few months and had provided Australian media companies with up to $200 million (US$130 million), according to the government. In a statement, Facebook said its users were not coming to its platform for news and political content, and that it would deprecate the “news” tab in Australia and the United States. The News Media Bargaining Code, introduced in 2021, legislated a framework that allowed news publishers to strike commercial deals with Google and Facebook for their Australian content....
