{"id":11391,"date":"2021-02-23T13:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/?p=11391"},"modified":"2021-02-23T13:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T18:12:14","slug":"facebook-strikes-deal-will-reinstate-news-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsmediaalliance.org\/facebook-strikes-deal-will-reinstate-news-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Strikes Deal, Will Reinstate News in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On February 22, Facebook <u><a href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2021\/02\/changes-to-sharing-and-viewing-news-on-facebook-in-australia\/\">announced<\/a><\/u> it had reached an agreement with the Australian government to keep news on its platform. The announcement appeared as an update on the company\u2019s original blog post announcing it would ban news from its platform in Australia. Facebook said it had constructive discussions and is satisfied that the government \u201cagreed to a number of changes and guarantees that address our core concerns.\u201d The Australian Treasurer <u><a href=\"https:\/\/ministers.treasury.gov.au\/ministers\/josh-frydenberg-2018\/media-releases\/additional-amendments-news-media-and-digital\">published<\/a><\/u> the amendments, saying, \u201cThe amendments will strengthen the hand of regional and small publishers in obtaining appropriate remuneration for the use of their content by the digital platforms.\u201d Facebook will be restoring news to its platform in Australia within the next few days. <u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/facebook-says-agreement-reached-with-australian-government-to-restore-news-11614055767\">Read more here<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On February 22, Facebook announced it had reached an agreement with the Australian government to keep news on its platform. 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