1.0techAUhttps://techau.com.auJason Cartwrighthttps://techau.com.au/author/jason/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content"><a href="https://techau.com.au/australian-governments-mediacode-blows-up-facebook-to-ban-australian-and-international-news/">Australian Government’s MediaCode blows up, Facebook bans Australian and International news (ban already live)</a></blockquote> <script type='text/javascript'> <!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,n=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},!c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage)if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(t)if(t.secret||t.message||t.value)if(!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var r,a,i,s=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<s.length;o++)if(r=s[o],e.source===r.contentWindow){if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(i=parseInt(t.value,10)))i=1e3;else if(~~i<200)i=200;r.height=i}if("link"===t.message)if(a=d.createElement("a"),i=d.createElement("a"),a.href=r.getAttribute("src"),i.href=t.value,i.host===a.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(!n){n=!0;for(var e,t,r=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),s=0;s<i.length;s++){if(!(e=i[s]).getAttribute("data-secret"))t=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t);if(r||a)(t=e.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),e.parentNode.replaceChild(t,e)}}}}(window,document); //--><!]]> </script><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://techau.com.au/australian-governments-mediacode-blows-up-facebook-to-ban-australian-and-international-news/embed/" width="600" height="338" title="“Australian Government’s MediaCode blows up, Facebook bans Australian and International news (ban already live)” — techAU" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe>https://s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com/techau-images/wp-media-folder-techau/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/pexels-tobias-dziuba-927629.jpg1280847This week the Australian Government had been doing victory dances after Google started making deals with Seven West Media and Nine Entertainment. Today, the MediaCode legislation story changed dramatically for the worse, with Facebook taking the nuclear option to ‘restrict publishers and people in Australia from sharing or viewing Australian and international news content.’ While Google has pushed deals through their new Google News Showcase product, Facebook is having none of the Government’s new Media Bargaining Code, saying: ‘the proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content’ Facebook says it was left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop […]