Meta says it will take a number of days for news tab to be fully removed in Australia and the United States
The Facebook news tab was inaccessible for users in Australia on Tuesday. Meta’s decision to stop paying publishers for their news content has been condemned by the Australian government and publishers.The Facebook news tab was inaccessible for users in Australia on Tuesday. Meta’s decision to stop paying publishers for their news content has been condemned by the Australian government and publishers.
“We hope the government sees the many benefits our free services provide to publishers and we’ll continue to engage with them on this topic.” “It is not too much to ask one of the world’s biggest multinationals to make a modest contribution to the Australian news media in order to keep a highly functioning public debate and people making decisions based on good information,” he told the ABC on Monday.
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