I am Carl Azuz from CNN 10.
It looks like a standoff between the Facebook technology company and a the nation of Australia is coming to an end. What happened between them is our first story this Wednesday.
Last week, Facebook suddenly prevented Australians from finding and or sharing news on the social media platform.
This included ranks in links and articles from for local and international news and it appeared to be the most restricted restrictive step Facebook has ever taken against publishers and of information.
At first, Facebook`s dramatic block included some fire and emergency services, health agencies, politicians and charities that helped victims of violence. The company said these pages were unintentionally affected by its news block and that it would restored them.
But why did Facebook stop news sharing in the first place?
It all has to do with a disagreement between technology companies and news companies. These two sides both benefit from news that is posted online. Tech companies like facebook and google give get reliable news content to help fill in their search results in and feeds. News companies benefit when people visit their sites after clicking on pages posted through facebook and google. But for years, news producers have said that tech companies have taken take unfair advantage of them using news content, but not givig the owners of that content much in return.
The Australian governmet got involved in this. It’s considering a new law that will require tech companies to pay news companies for their articles and videos, instead of distributing that content for free. That’s why facebook decided to shutdown news in Australia. It ##sly opposed to fiercely opposes this legislation
Australian officials say facebook’s move was heavy handed, unnecessary and that it came without warning and Australian the nation`s Prime Minister said that big tech companies think they are bigger than governments and that rules shouldn’t apply to them. Facebook said that it does not still steal news, but that publishers choose to share their stories on the social media platform. It was concerned that if Australia passed the a law that are required it to pay for news content, other countries would, too.
Facebook was also worried that it would be forced to pay for news content that people ramdonly shared on the its platform. Contents that facebook itself has had nothing to do with.
So what changed in the standoff?
The company said this week that the Australian government would allow facebook to keep control over what news and information appears on its site. Facebook will also give get more time to work out deals with news publishers so what will it won`t be immediately required to start paying them for content. The tech company now says it will restore news sharing in Australia.
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