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Best of BS Opinion: Unfriending big tech, oil's new challenge, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Facebook to restore Australian news pages after tweaks to media laws

Canberra agrees to amend draft law that will force Big Tech to pay for journalism

Unfriending big tech

The drama playing out between news publishers, Google/Facebook and the Australian government hit all kinds of high points last week

Facebook has agreed to lift its Australian news ban, announces govt

Facebook blocked Australian users from accessing and sharing news after the House of Representatives passed the draft law late Wednesday last week

Microsoft teams up with EU publishers amid Facebook's Australian spat

"This initiative is a logical next step," Microsoft Vice President Casper Klynge said, adding that the company already shares revenues with publishers via its product Microsoft News

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter adopt Australian misinformation code

The code, prepared by the Digital Industry Group Inc (DiGi), a non-profit industry association, will be reviewed in 12 months, reports ZDNet

Australia starts Covid-19 vaccination; Morrison among first to get a shot

About 80,000 doses of the vaccine will be released in the first week

Facebook in negotiations with Australia government after news ban

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday said Facebook is back in negotiations with the government

Facebook is back at the table again, has tentatively friended us: Australia

Facebook has publicly indicated no change in its opposition to a proposed law requiring social media platforms to pay for links to news content

Unfriended by Facebook, Oz reaches out to India, friends around the globe

Social media giant faces backlash over its bid to 'bully' Australia; UK expresses concern

Facebook's Australia news blackout: A shock four years in the making

The fight between the world's largest social media company and the 13th-largest economy is the result of a bill, scheduled for debate next week in Australia's Senate

Facebook makes a power move in Australia with news ban, may regret it

Facebook has been in a defensive crouch amid a slew of privacy scandals, antitrust lawsuits and charges that it was letting hate speech and extremism destroy democracy.

Aus reiterates commitment to deepen cooperation at Quad foreign min meet

Quad countries work with ASEAN and through ASEAN-led architecture, particularly the East Asia Summit, to advance a stable and prosperous region, read the release

Australiann prime minister urges Facebook to lift its news blockade

Prime Minister Scott Morrison described Facebook''s move Thursday to prevent Australians accessing and sharing news as a threat

Best of BS Opinion: Sugarcane pricing, higher tax-GDP, and more

Here's a selection of Business Standard opinion pieces for the day

Facebook 'unfriends' Australia in warning for rest of the world

Govt hits out at tech giant after emergency sites blocked over decision on proposed media law

Facebook shares dip as Wall Street ponders Australia news fallout

Along with Google owner Alphabet, it now controls more than half of the digital advertising markets globally

Top headlines: RBI approves Piramal's DHFL plan; Apple lobbies with India

In Australia, Facebook has blocked access to news on its platform. More on that story in our top headlines

Anger mounts as Facebook's Aus news ban sweeps up charities, govt pages

Facebook's reach in Australia is powerful. It has more than 11 million users in a population of 25 million

Australian media law raises questions about 'pay for clicks'

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee says Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism could set a precedent that renders the Internet as we know it unworkable