Tag: media bargaining code

Lack of media deals with small firms ‘concerning’: Sims

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Smaller media companies should team up to secure commercial deals with Google and Facebook, which have so far avoided designation under the government’s big tech bargaining code yet, competition...

Govt backs off proposed Big Tech inquiry

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
A Liberal Senator has withdrawn his attempt to launch a parliamentary inquiry into the influence of Big Tech in Australia on the same day the federal government passed its...

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...

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,...

Facebook signs new misinformation code

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Facebook has signed up to a voluntary Big Tech code aimed at combating online misinformation just days after blocking all legitimate news content across its platform. Along with Google,...

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...

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...

Google, Facebook actions a threat to democracy

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Microsoft has doubled down on its support for Australia’s media bargaining code, labelling Facebook and Google’s threats to withdraw services from the country as a “new vulnerability for the...