Tech-Facebook threatens news sharing ban in Australia

Social media Giant Facebook has threatened to stop users from sharing news content in Australia.Australian Law and Regulators want tech giants like Facebook and Google to pay for the content reported from news outlets.

In the same scenario Last month Google warned its users that its search services could be “dramatically worse” as a result. Social Platform giant Facebook’s latest move to block news sharing has escalated tensions between tech firms and regulators.

The Facebook team said that if the proposed legislation becomes law it will stop Australians from sharing news on Facebook and its subsidiary Instagram.The regulator of the Australia, Regulator and Law board of the The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has drawn up the rules to “level the playing field” between the tech giants and publishers that it says are struggling due to lost advertising revenue.

Regulator ACCC responded to Facebook’s threat to block news content saying it was “ill-timed and misconceived”.

As per ACCC chairman”The code simply aims to bring fairness and transparency to Facebook and Google’s relationships with Australian news media businesses.”

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On the other hand,Facebook’s managing director for Australia and New Zealand Will Easton claim that Law board misunderstood the concept of news-feed.

And also Facebook claim that Facebook sent 2.3bn clicks from Facebook’s news-feed back to Australian news websites, worth around A$200m ($148m; £110m) during the first five months of the year.

As per Facebook claim The blocking of news “is not our first choice – it is our last.