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Facebook blocks Australians from sharing news, alarm over access to info

Australia's government said the ban threatened Facebook's "credibility"

US: Secy of State Blinken to hold 'Quad' meet with Australia, India, Japan

Biden and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi agreed in a telephone call last week to strengthen Indo-Pacific security through the Quad

Facebook blocks news content in Australia as it blasts proposed law

The move, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, represents a divergence in responses among the big tech giants under attack by news publishers

News Corp strucks a global news deal with Alphabet's Google

The companies will develop a subscription platform, share advertising revenue through Google's ad technology services, build out audio journalism and develop video journalism by YouTube

New Zealand, Australia quarrel over alleged Islamic State suspect

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been arguing with Australian counterpart Scott Morrison over which country should take responsibility for the woman if she's deported from Turkey

Australian government to amend laws to make Google and Facebook pay

The amendment is for clarifying that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on news article links

Google and Facebook nearing deals to pay for news, says Australia

Seven West Media strikes partnership with Google

Major Australian media company strikes news pay deal with Google

Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism

Australia receives over 142,000 doses of Pfizer coronavirus vaccine

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will also be among the first to receive a dose in a bid to raise public confidence in the program

Australia says Google, Facebook close to media 'significant' pay deals

Parliament is scheduled to consider the draft laws on Tuesday after a Senate committee last week recommended no changes to the proposed regulations

Australian journalist formally arrested in China on suspicion of spying

Australian national Cheng Lei was detained last year by Chinese authorities

Chinese-Aus reporter arrested for allegedly spreading Chinese secrets

China has formally arrested a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas, Australia's foreign minister said on Monday

Australian PM expresses support to India after U'khand glacial collapse

After the devastating flash floods in Uttarakhand following a glacial collapse, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Monday expressed support to India during the aftermath of the disaster

Microsoft supports Australian plan to make Google pay for news content

Although Bing is Australia's second most popular search engine, it has only a 3.6 per cent market share, according to web analytics service Statcounter

Microsoft backs Australia's proposed media laws targeting Google, Facebook

Both Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook have called the laws unworkable and said last month they would withdraw key services from Australia if the regulations went ahead

A symbiotic relationship

Tech giants and media must have a revenue-sharing model

Australia approves Pfizer Covid vaccine; inoculations to begin next month

The Therapeutic Goods Administration on Monday gave provisional approval for people aged 16 and over to use the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech

Google says to block search engine in Australia if forced to pay for news

Australia is on course to pass laws that will make tech giants negotiate payments with local publishers and broadcasters for content included in search results or news feeds

Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia over charging for news

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison quickly hit back, saying "we don''t respond to threats." "Australia makes our rules for things you can do in Australia," Morrison told reporters in Brisbane

Cricket hits an advertising six after India's historic win in Australia

Ad rates for upcoming India-England series up 10-15%