Tag: Google

The new Online Safety Bill has been a ‘rush job’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Civil and digital rights groups say the sweeping new Online Safety Bill is a “rush job”, having been introduced to federal parliament just 10 days after government received nearly...

Big Tech media bargaining code passes

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government’s controversial Big Tech media bargaining code has passed Parliament with bipartisan support, despite a number of crossbench senators raising concerns that small and regional publishers will...

Facebook: Everyone happy but nothing is changed

Posted on   |  by Paul Budde
After some turmoil, Facebook won the war with the Australian government as the necessary changes were made to the legislation that avoids them needing to make changes to their...

Govt strikes deal with Facebook on bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
News content will return to Facebook for Australian users after the federal government agreed to make a series of last minute changes to the media bargaining code in order...

In search of a thriving, informed democracy

Posted on   |  by Sandy Plunkett
As a kid growing up in rural NSW in the 1970’s, watching Irish Comedian Dave Allen on ABC TV was a family event. One sketch I remember vividly: Allen,...

Nothing burger media code is a dog’s breakfast

Posted on   |  by James Riley
With the amendments added in Parliament this week, the media bargaining code is a giant nothing burger. Facebook has taken that nothing burger and turned it into a global-scale...

Facebook is right to call the government’s bluff

Posted on   |  by Paul Budde
As mentioned in previous analyses the way that the government has approached its battle with the digital giants has been flawed from the beginning. True its tough stand had...

Media code changes makes law ‘workable’

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government will make a number of “technical” amendments to the media bargaining code to make it more “workable”, with the legislation set to sail through Parliament this...

Showdown looms for media bargaining code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
The federal government is set to cave in to the demands of Google and Facebook, with preparations under way to water down its media bargaining code ahead of a...