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Facebook has announced preliminary agreements with three Australian publishers following new laws compelling digital giants to pay for news (Niall Carson/PA)

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Facebook signs pay deals with three Australian news publishers

February 26, 2021

Facebook temporarily blocked news content on its service in Australia last week (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

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What has the rest of the world learned from Australia’s tussle with tech giants?

February 25, 2021

World

Facebook makes billion dollar pledge to support news industry

February 24, 2021

Sir Nick Clegg, vice president of global affairs at Facebook, said the firm remained open to discussing greater regulation of the tech sector (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK

Facebook’s Australian news ban result of ‘misunderstanding’, says Sir Nick Clegg

February 24, 2021

The Australian government has announced Facebook has agreed to lift its ban on Australians sharing news (Richard Drew/AP)

World

Facebook says it will lift Australian news ban

February 23, 2021

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Epic Games ‘cannot continue UK action against Apple’

February 22, 2021

Front pages of Australian newspapers showed stories criticising Facebook on Friday (Rick Rycroft/AP)

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Australian PM urges Facebook to lift news blockade

February 19, 2021

Julian Knight, chair of the Digital, Culture, Media & Sport Select Committee, says pulling plug on Australia ‘the worst type of corporate culture’ (Chris McAndrew/UK Parliament/PA)

MP warns ‘irresponsible’ Facebook news ban ‘not just about Australia’

February 18, 2021

Australia is joining France and other governments in pushing Google, Facebook and other internet giants to pay (Yui Mok/PA)

World

What is behind the row between Google, Facebook and Australia?

February 18, 2021

A disclaimer is shown on the bottom of Australia’s Bureau of Meteorology page on the Facebook app (Kiichiro Sato/AP)

World

Australian media law raises questions about ‘pay for clicks’

February 18, 2021

An Australian Broadcasting Corporation page on Facebook is displayed without posts on a computer in Sydney on Thursday (Rick Rycroft/AP)

World

Facebook blocks news access in Australia as battle heats up

February 18, 2021

Facebook has hit out at Australia’s proposed law (Richard Drew/AP)

World

Facebook blocks Australians from viewing and sharing news

February 17, 2021

Hoteliers complained about Google’s rankings (Jeff Chiu/AP)

Google fined over ‘misleading’ French hotel rankings

February 15, 2021

A woman walks below a Google sign (AP)

World

Australian media company strikes Google news deal

February 15, 2021

Home Secretary Priti Patel Priti Patel has said tech giants have a social responsibility to take down anti-vaccination content and wider misinformation about Covid-19 (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

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Tech giants have ‘social responsibility’ to stop anti-vax content, says Patel

February 11, 2021

Google launches curated news feed service in the UK (Tim Goode/PA)

UK

Google launches curated news feed service in the UK

February 10, 2021

Analysing internet search activity may help epidemiologists detect Covid outbreaks (Andrew Matthews/PA)

UK

Web searches could help detect Covid-19 outbreaks early, study says

February 8, 2021

Sensors in the Pixel smartphone’s camera can pick up on signs such as chest movement, the tech giant says (Google/PA)

UK

Google turns smartphone cameras into heart and respiratory reader

February 4, 2021

Microsoft says it supports Australia’s plans to make the biggest digital platforms pay for news (Rick Rycroft/AP)

World

Microsoft backs Australian plan to make Google pay for news

February 3, 2021

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee held a hearing on the future of journalism (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Newspaper bosses call for ‘fair payment’ from tech giants

January 26, 2021

Concerns around misinformation have been exacerbated by the pandemic (Nick Ansell/PA)

UK

YouTube: More than half a million Covid-19 misinformation videos removed

January 26, 2021

Attackers would lure security researchers into collaborating via social media and a fake blog (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK

North Korea backed hackers targeting security researchers, Google claims

January 26, 2021

Some publishers have concerns about the move (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Google ‘confident’ third-party cookie alternatives are right for ads and privacy

January 25, 2021

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Revealed: What data shows about people travelling to work during lockdowns

January 23, 2021

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The company said it would have to prevent Australians from accessing its search engine (Andrew Matthews/PA)

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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia in row over Government plans

January 22, 2021