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Australian treasurer says talks with Facebook on new media law were ‘protracted and difficult’

  • The Australian parliament last week passed a new law that requires companies such as Facebook and Google to pay media outlets to link their content on news feed or in search results.
  • Before passage of the law, Facebook retaliated by blocking Australian users from viewing and sharing news content on its platform — a move that the Australian government sharply criticized.
  • "But since that time, we got on the phone, we worked through our differences and we reached, I think, a mutually agreeable position," said Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg.

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