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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Josh Taylor

Forcing Meta to carry news on Facebook and Instagram a scenario being considered by Australian government

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News publishers have warned that Meta may pull news from Instagram and Facebook in Australia if designated under the news media bargaining code. Photograph: Dado Ruvić/Reuters

The Australian government has been wargaming scenarios if Meta pulled news from Facebook and Instagram, including whether it could force the company to carry news or influence it via the tax system, parliament has heard.

Facebook and Instagram’s parent company, Meta, announced in March it would not enter into new agreements with media companies to pay for news, following the end of contracts signed in 2021 under the Morrison government’s news media bargaining code.

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