SYDNEY - Global media giant Facebook is restoring news content to its users in Australia after resolving a dispute with the government. Facebook has been in dispute over media regulation proposals. Last week, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing and reading news stories on its platform in a dispute with the government in Canberra. It has championed a new media bargaining code that would make Australia the first country to force big tech firms to pay for news content reposted on their platforms. But Facebook’s ban on news content in Australia is being reversed after days of negotiation. Facebook to Lift Block on Australian News Content after Agreement with Canberra US-social media giant reverses course after opposing law that would make digital giants pay Australian news outlets for content Analysts say both sides have made concessions. The government has made changes to the legislation. Facebook and Google will be allowed to operate outside the … [Read more...] about Facebook Restores News to Australian Users
Is the news media biased
FNC’s Carlson: Liz Cheney ‘Decided to Obey’ Democrats, Media Propagandists
Thursday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” host Tucker Carlson questioned Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY) for going along with the Democratic Party’s narrative on the January 6 incident on Capitol Hill and the future of the Republican Party. Carlson speculated Cheney’s decision was tied to downplaying her view on foreign policy. Transcript as follows: CARLSON: When you think of an authoritarian leader, you picture some power-mad autocrat, working fiercely defend his own regime. You think of Nicolae Ceausescu pacing his study, steady, plotting diabolical new ways to smash the latest peasant revolt. And that’s right, but it’s not the full picture. Reality is more complicated than that. Fascism is a style of government, but it’s also a form of religion. So the goal isn’t simply to make you obey, the goal is to convert you. Before he executed his political rivals, Stalin forced victims to profess their love for him and for the Soviet State. He staged a kind of religious … [Read more...] about FNC’s Carlson: Liz Cheney ‘Decided to Obey’ Democrats, Media Propagandists
Facebook to Lift Block on Australian News Content after Agreement with Canberra
The Australian government says Facebook has agreed to allow Australians to resume viewing or sharing news content after the two sides reached an agreement over a proposal to make the digital giants pay domestic news outlets for their content. The two sides announced the deal Tuesday just hours before the Australian Senate was set to begin debate on a set of amendments to a bill that was passed just last week by the lower House of Representatives. The amendments include a two-month mediation period that would give social media giants and news publishers extra time to broker agreements before they are forced to abide by the government’s provisions. Treasurer Josh Frydenberg issued a joint statement with Communications Minister Paul Fletcher saying Facebook will restore Australian news outlets on the social media platform "in the coming days." Facebook regional director William Easton issued a statement saying the company was "satisfied" the Australian government agreed to the … [Read more...] about Facebook to Lift Block on Australian News Content after Agreement with Canberra
Australia Approves Law to Make Facebook and Google Pay to Carry News Content
Australia has become the world’s first nation to make digital companies such as Facebook and Google pay domestic news outlets for their content. Parliament approved the law Thursday that would allow a government arbitrator to decide the price a digital company should pay news outlets if the two sides fail to reach an agreement. The final legislation includes a set of amendments as part of an agreement reached Tuesday between the Australian government and Facebook. The amendments include a two-month mediation period that would give social media giants and news publishers extra time to broker agreements before they are forced to abide by the government’s provisions. The agreements ended a stalemate that prompted Facebook to block all Australian news content last week, preventing them from being viewed or shared. The websites of several public agencies and emergency services were also blocked on Facebook, including pages that include up-to-date information on COVID-19 outbreaks, … [Read more...] about Australia Approves Law to Make Facebook and Google Pay to Carry News Content
Nolte: Time’s Up Calls for Investigation of Andrew Cuomo’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct
After snubbing Tara Reade , the woman who made a very credible sexual assault allegation against His Fraudulency Joe Biden, the left-wing Time’s Up organization has decided to turn on Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) in calling for an investigation of the credible sexual misconduct allegations made against the disgraced governor by a former staffer. Earlier this week, Lindsey Boylan, Cuomo’s deputy secretary for economic development for a little more than three years, starting in March of 2015, added troubling details to her December 2020 allegation that Cuomo “sexually harassed me for years.” The details include allegations of outright harassment and a lot of creepy behavior. Using her Medium site, Boyland detailed how Cuomo “repeatedly touched her body, attempted to kiss her on the mouth, invited her to play strip poker, and overtly objectified her.” After that, my fears worsened. I came to work nauseous every day. My relationship with his senior team — mostly women — grew … [Read more...] about Nolte: Time’s Up Calls for Investigation of Andrew Cuomo’s Alleged Sexual Misconduct