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but do you know about rupert murdoch's role in all of this chaos? brand-new reporting about that coming up. but, first, it is a literal political storm in the south. this week showed that the problem of parallel news universes, the problem with alternative realities of information does not just apply to politics. it even applies to the weather. it even affects the way that natural and man made disasters are perceived. texans were left in the dark and the aftermath is just starting. thankfully, the power is mostly back on. the weather is warming up in texas this weekend. but the water crisis is massive. disruptions in water systems are affecting 14 million texans right now. and don't forget about louisiana or oklahoma. both of those states also hard hit as well. so let's truth sandwich what happened in the past week. truth sandwich. start with the truth. the power outages in texas were largely due to problems at coal and gas fired plants. wind farms ran half of what was expected with some turbines frozen. those are the facts. i present those to you f

we account or not. -- rupert murdoch's use corp. we have had media complaining that _ murdoch's use corp. we have had media complaining that social - media complaining that social media complaining that social media platforms have been benefiting from the quality reporting is. newscorp. there is a feeling that the australian government wants to rebalance the ledger, so to speak. there was a deal between google and a company called seven west media that publishes the west australian newspaper and other titles and there is a hope that deal, with a reported $23 million a year will filter down through to local journalism but safe to say journalism but safe to say journalism in this country, like in many other parts of the world, has been under great stress and strain because of various challenges posed by the internet. google and says the australian law fundamentally misinterprets the role and function of the internet. the strain government believes those sorts of companies should pay for the news content. i companies should pay for the

rupert helped to set up the terence higgins trust in his name.for you to tell everybody the impact of the show has had on the testing figures, because it has been quite amazing, hasn't it? yes, yeah. it really has been. it has increased them by fourfold. a lot more people are getting tested. that's remarkable. i am trying not to cry. i think it's just amazing to see any real—time response to the show from the audience watching. yeah, i guess i'm just really moved by it, honestly. the fact that a piece | of television has had such a cultural impact like this, but also, you know, _ going on to what rupert was saying, the public health impact as well, - that'sjust, it's crazy, it's so rare that telly| can have that effect. the thought police. you are infected. in the series, gill is the ally who tries to save them. just as deborah had decades earlier. i think it's taken a global pandemic of an entirely different sort to make people realise what happened and what young people went through in those days. thank you to deborah and to all the other women

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rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.o the private kind edward vii hospital as a precaution yesterday. prince philip is 99 and has been isolating with the queen at windsor castle during the coronavirus lockdown —— he received his covid—19 vaccine injanuary. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell�*s report contains flashing images. fanfare plays. he's been retired for more than three years now, and he's remained largely out of public sight during the lockdown. this was an exception. july last year, when he took his leave from the rifles, one of the regiments of which he'd been honorary colonel in chief for many years. the most recent image of him is this, at windsor castle with the queen, a photograph released by the palace last november to mark their 73rd wedding anniversary. prior to that, there was a photograph of the couple together lastjune, on the occasion of the duke's 99th birthday. and, for the royal doctors, it will no doubt have been his age as much as anything which will have persuaded them to err on the sid

one cannot ignore the murdoch and news corp rupert murdoch's media empire has long been headquartered in new york but his news outlets remain even more influential in the land of his birth than they are in the u.s. or the u.k. murdoch's sky news astray and the country's only national daily the australian helped get prime minister scott morrison into office morrison would like to stay there which may explain why the law has been passed and why some of the fine print reads the way it does we have one of the most concentrated media markets in the world and governments know that if they fall foul of nice call they could face very serious political consequences so i think government is interested is in making sure news corp remain happy and this is a proposal that they support and that has proven people in the government seeking to action this in one but made up is very important. you know he was one of the 1st advocates for this kind of reform you know. skating thinking about news content but it's worth noting that the actual idea for this card from the competition regulator has really be

rupert wingfield hayes reports. with more than 3500 passengers and crew on board. three days out of yokohama, an elderly passenger fell ill, a serious cough, with a serious cough, and was taken to hospital on arrival in hong kong. no—one was particularly worried but on—board, other passengers were starting to become ill. in hong kong the authorities confirmed the elderly man had tested positive for covid—19. back in yokohama on february 3, japanese authorities refused to let anyone disembark, but on—board the ship, infections were continuing to grow. from ten on the day the ship arrived, infections soared to nearly 700. and despite what the japanese government was saying, it was very obvious that the quarantine on—board that ship was not working. you can imagine the situation for the 2500 passengers locked up in their cabins 2a hours a day. how frightening it must have been as they wondered how is this virus continued to spread and am i going to be the next to be infected? i don't know how more of us who have been s

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.so on our twitter feeds. bbc news website, also on our twitterfeeds. thank bbc news website, also on our twitter feeds. thank you very much for watching. hello there. wednesday is set to be an exceptionally mild day, particularly where you get to see a little bit of brightness, but even if you keep cloud and outbreaks of rain. that was the picture in the scottish borders during tuesday. there's more rain to come on wednesday courtesy of this pipeline of cloud ploughing in from the southwest. first part of the day still brings met office amber warnings in force for parts of central and southern scotland. rain also affecting north—west england and wales. some patchy rain elsewhere. a few clear breaks, too, but a very mild start to the day. quite a windy start as well, although the winds will be easing just a little as we go through the day. we'll see those outbreaks of rain continuing across parts of northwest england, parts of northwest wales, heading into southern and central scotland.

rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.sed the civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, earlier this month. hundreds of thousands of people gathered across the country, as the campaign of civil disobedience entered its 12th consecutive day. jonathan head reports. the military government has dismissed the protesters as a violent minority. today people across myanmar set out to prove it is wrong. this was the capital, the seat of power for the generals, but everywhere the generals, but everywhere the face of the woman who hasn�*t defied them for so long. it was a military�*s decision to rush aung san suu kyi�*s trial on flimsy charges that brought out the crowds today. there were civil servants here, teachers and bankers, part of a movement that aims to cripple the new regime by withdrawing their labour. here, they sat down at the spot where a young woman was shot in the head by police last week and shunted prayers for her. —— shunted. the day begun with a breakdown protest, drivers leaving their cars on the road to block anyone to

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.e operation that was complicated by the threat of covid—19. tiffaney sweeney reports. ten orangutans have been safely airlifted back to their natural habitat on indonesia's borneo island. there was a total of five males, and a mother of two babies and two other females — all released with assistance from indonesian conservation agencies. they were transported by helicopter to avoid land that could have exposed them to coronavirus. the bornean orangutans had all been in captivity before their rescue. this was their first release into the wild for a year. they include manua, a 19—year—old female who had been repatriated from thailand. translation: during rehabilitation, manua| showed excellent progress. she was easy to socialise with other orangutans and actively explored the whole island on her own. it's estimated there arejust 100,000 bornean orangutans left in the wild. they have suffered from illegal poaching, destruction of habitat and cash crops. this has meant more than half the p

rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.ling unwell and being admitted to the private kind edward vii as a precaution yesterday. prince philip is 99 and has been isolating with the queen at windsor castle during the coronavirus lockdown — he received his covid—19 vaccine in january. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell�*s report contains flashing images. fanfare plays he's been retired for more than three years now, and he's remained largely out of public sight during the lockdown. this was an exception. july last year, when he took his leave from the rifles, one of the regiments of which he'd been honorary colonel in chief for many years. the most recent image of him is this, at windsor castle with the queen, a photograph released by the palace last november to mark their 73rd wedding anniversary. prior to that, there was a photograph of the couple together lastjune, on the occasion of the duke's 99th birthday. and, for the royal doctors, it will no doubt have been his age as much as anything which will have persuaded

that was rupert wingfield hayes.th a british tabloid newspaper over the publication of a letter she wrote to her estranged father, thomas markle, after her wedding to prince harry. today, the high court ruled that the duchess had had a reasonable expectation that the letter would remain private. this report from our royal correspondent, nicholas witchell, contains flash photography. this is a significant victory for the duchess of sussex. meghan, strongly supported by her husband, prince harry, has shown herself to be absolutely determined robustly to defend her right to privacy. this case began after the mail on sunday published lengthy extracts from a letter she'd written in late 2018 to her estranged father, thomas. meghan's lawyers had told the high court that the letter was a heartfelt plea from an anguished daughter. they applied for something called a summaryjudgment, a judgment without a full trial, on the basis, they said, that the mail on sunday had no real prospect of success. and thejudge agreed. mrjustic

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.tion that was complicated by the threat of covid—19. tiffany sweeney reports. ten orangutans have been safely airlifted back to their natural habitat on indonesia's borneo island. there was a total of five males, and a mother of two babies and two other females — all released with assistance from indonesian conservation agencies. they were transported by helicopter to avoid journey on land that could have exposed them to coronavirus. the bornean orangutans had all been in captivity before their rescue. this was their first release into the wild for a year. they include manua, a 19—year—old female who had been repatriated from thailand. translation: during rehabilitation, manua| showed excellent progress. she was easy to socialise with other orangutans and actively explored the whole island on her own. it's estimated there arejust 100,000 bornean orangutans left in the wild. they have suffered from illegal poaching, destruction of habitat and cash crops. this has meant more than half th

rupert wingfield—hayes, bbc news, in tokyo.e spot on the indonesian side of borneo island. the display was due to the high risk of infection. thank you so much for watching. hello there. wednesday is set to be an exceptionally mild day, particularly where you get to see a little bit of brightness, but even if you keep cloud and outbreaks of rain. even if you keep cloud that was the picture in the scottish borders during tuesday. there�*s more rain to come on wednesday courtesy of this pipeline of cloud ploughing in from the southwest. first part of the day still brings met office amber warnings in force for parts of central and southern scotland. rain also affecting north west england and wales. some patchy rain elsewhere. a few clear breaks, too, but a very mild start to the day. quite a windy start as well, although the winds will be easing just a little as we go through the day. we�*ll see those outbreaks of rain continuing across parts of northwest england, parts of northwest wales, heading into southern and central scotlan

back in and the it court back on track here's a look at the deal rupert for the u.s. and iran say they're willing to negotiate want to terms u.s. president biden told the munich security conference that communication should extend beyond the uki agreement course. we need transparency we must also address the stabilizing activities across the middle east we're going to work in close cooperation with our european and other partners as we proceed but iran has all the ideas you raney and president hassan rouhani insists sanctions on iran must be lifted before talks can begin rouhani has described the measures as an act of terror against the iranian people. on the sanctions and we have to fight against the coronavirus because of the sanctions we've had many problems accessing vaccines and paying for them. for ordinary people in iran the nuclear agreement is the disaster on their mind. high prices combined with unemployment means the economic situation has been getting worse for years. nuclear energy is no use to us people are hungry and completely confused nuclear energy m

a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel mine rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. say look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today nigeria's president has ordered security forces to organize a hostage rescue operation after gunmen stormed a school in kidnapped 42 people among them were teachers relatives and students who were sleeping in dormitories one student was killed protesters have gathered in myanmar's biggest city young go in for new demonstrations against the military coup that to oppose the civilian government activists are demanding the release of elected leader aung sun suu cheap hundreds of thousands have defied the authorities to join nationwide rallies. the new italian prime minister mario draghi has survived his 1st vote of confidence in the senate he's vowed to do whatever it takes to lead italy out of the pandemic and rebuild the economy is expected to win a 2nd confidence vote in the lower ho

in a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel 9 rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. let's get into this with tom lever who's a professor of internet studies at curtin university in perth in western australia is also vice president of the international association of internet research is welcome to day w what do you make of facebook's actions. i think face that was trying to make a point that if the logo is 3 and they do have to pay for news that they may indeed block news on the services but to do it in advance is one thing but when they deployed the block this morning they didn't just capture traditional news they also catch the whole lot of other things as well including services including health sites and i think that overreach has made what was happening part of the strategy go terribly terribly wrong because the main thing that people noticed was that it wasn't just the news that was disappearing but things that they relied on every day

take the else and they called australia's bluff in australia this is a law that came straight out of rupert murdoch with politicians in his pocket it is nothing short of blackmail and bribery of the platforms and it does break the web if you want to tax the platforms war that's a few but the entitlement of thinking that should go to new publishers why wouldn't it go to health care or education or internet access well jeff i mean the critics going to come back and say shouldn't we be paying the news outlets for the content that they are providing the content that is being shared on these platforms . that's the fallacy of this legislation in any sane and normal market the publishers would be paying the platforms for the publishers are just putting up a headline or a little bit of a lead so they can send traffic people us to the publishers and that's free marketing. leave the platforms aren't really getting any value out of the news in fact a problem i think we're going to discover here is how valueless news is to both google and facebook facebook says only 4 percent of its traffic is news and

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news corporation, the media empire owned by rupert murdoch's family, announced a three year deal to payndisclosed sum to feature some content from the u.s., u.k. and australian brands, the wall street journal, the post, the times and the estrella p earlier this week google signed similar deals with two australian media groups. . it is a combined 81% of online advertising in australia. as unworkable in the long term. the british government has said it would provide vcine certificates or passports for citizens if they are required for them to travel abroad. it won't be making proof of vaccination part of its domestic agenda. some companies are looking into making the shots mandatory for employees. a stance that could flout rules against discrimination in the workplace. anna lee explains. >> vaccine passports to travel abroad but not to go down to your local pub. this is how the u.k. government sees its layout of the covid-19 pandemic. >> we are not looking at domestic use of vaccine passports. that is not in our planning. as i said, the plan -- can be the national vaccination program comb

by roger ailes and rupert murdoch and rush limbaugh.way republicanism and conservatism sound and the way it attacks its opponents. and what generations of self-described conservatives think. one of limbaugh's crusades during the 2018 campaigns was called operation chaos, by urging his voters to vote en masse for hillary clinton over barack obama in democratic primaries to keep the perceived weaker candidate and the one who represented the feminists who had so villainized as femminnazi. >> the original purpose of this was to make sure that obama got bloodied up politically. i want hillary to stay in this. this is too good a soap opera. we need a barack obama blooied up politically. and it's obvious the republicans are not going to do it and don't have the stomach for it. the point of this is to extend it exactly as it has been extended. to have these people go at each other's throats. she has half the country that hates her according to disapproval numbers. we've succeeded here even beyond our wildest objectives. >> you hear that? well,

this legislation was being pushed through the parliament in australia because of publishers such as ruperturdoch's lose court. there was an interest for them they are the largest number of newspapers of australia. this is what facebook are claiming. facebook said they were being forced to pay for content, which this content was actually helping these publishers because it was on those platforms which have a lot of reach with regards to audiences. brent: last week when facebook blocked these news leaks to all users in australia, have we been able to measure, do we know what impact that had? >> it was really interesting because it was quite clear and within 24 hours, we were already seeing the impact. in those 24 hours, overall traffic to australian news sites actually plummeted. it fell dramatically. the question that we have to ask ourselves at this point is, whether facebook is actually more important for those publishers than the other way around. brent: ok. the latest tonight on the apparent turnaround between facebook and the australian government. thank you. let's take a look at some

in a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel 9 rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. let's get into this with tom lever who's a professor of internet studies at curtin university in perth in western australia is also vice president of the international association of internet research was welcome to day w what do you make of facebook's actions. i think face but was trying to make a point that if the logo is 3 and they do have to pay for news that they may and date block news on the services but to do it in advance is one thing but when they deployed the block this morning they didn't just capture traditional news sites they also cache the whole lot of other things as well including an agency's services sides including health sites and i think that overreach has made what was happening part of the strategy a terribly terribly wrong because the main thing that table noticed was that it wasn't just the news that was disappearing but things that

led by rupert murdoch, they argued their expensive journalism makes the platforms more credible. >> thisault on a sovereign nation, it is an assault on people's freedom, and in particular, it is an utter abusive big technologies market power and control over technology. reporter: yet the data giants have strong counter arguments. publishers choose to be on facebook because they derive value from it with reach and traffic that can be monetized. the tech giant set up funds to invest heavily in journalism and moreer, they say anyone forcing someone just for linking to them breaches a fundamental aspect of the web and favors news over others. they want money so people can link. this breaks down the way the world wide web has worked up until now. they s a dangerous precedent. for now, british users will be affected but regulars and legislators everywhere will come under pressure to follow australia's example. >> if we see australia being bullied in this manner and effectively we end up in a situation where facebook can get its own way, that is going to damage other countries, including the u.

a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel mine rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. let's get some more perspective on the story now we can speak to journalist for shall harrison plus she's in sydney hi rochelle good to see you and this is a pretty bold move from facebook here at we saw what the australian treasurer had to say but what are other lawmakers saying about this. absolutely well the australian prime minister scott morrison said this move was disappointing and arrogant statements ironically posted to facebook actually. authorities saying that they were absolutely blindsided by these measures with with the news blackout coming at around 5 30 am local time here in australia scott morrison also saying that certain australia would not be intimidated by big tech and that they will push on to get this contentious media bargaining code legislated and implemented and pushed through to to become law. we also heard from the treasurer josh fr

had threatened to pull out of the country has now cut a deal with media companies there including rupert murdoch's news corp facebook is another story nick muirhead has been on this net distinctly different approaches than between facebook and google how would you characterize so google made a preemptive strike by negotiating a deal before the law has passed so essentially that deal will determine how much ad revenue shared between google and australian news outlets not the. facebook's gone the other way it is now banned the sharing of news content produced by australian news archives on its platform which is the most far reaching instruction it has put on any publisher anywhere in the world facebook is saying that australia's proposed legislation fundamentally misunderstands its relationship with publishers because its is news organizations voluntarily post their content on its back full and their argument therefore is why should we be forced to pay for that right but the real question is how voluntary is it facebook dominates the market the australian spend about 18 percent of the time

been saying to in fact there was a lot of lobbying going on ad by the news corp which is owned by rupert murdoch they're the owner of that the majority of newspapers in astray so there was an interest for them for this legislation to be passed as well in a strange and facebook essentially said that it was being forced to negotiate terms that would be unfair for them and would be more biased in favor of publishers in australia so essentially they got to the point where they said right now we're going to pull the plug on their content being used on our platforms and how what impact it facebook's decision to pull the plug have. what was actually really interesting if you look at how the content fell. or the. number of clicks that went from facebook to a lot of these publishers a mystery in fact in the 24 hours after the overall traffic to astray the new site fell quite dramatically and facebook's fault alone because they were saying that they were actually helping these publishers by having their content on their platforms it actually then subsequently led people to go to their ad their web

the ft examines the content deal agreed with google and rupert murdoch's news corp — ending a long—runningig tech companies over paying forjournalistic content — as facebook blocks internet links in australia. so let's begin... asi as i say, lovely to have you both with us tonight. this wednesday evening and we are going to start with the telegraph which like many of the papers it's featuring the duke of edinburgh who has been taken to hospital in london after feeling unwell. but buckingham palace stressing this is just a precaution. we are all wishing him the very best. , , ., , ., . best. oh, yes. for every watching toniuht best. oh, yes. for every watching tonight we — best. oh, yes. for every watching tonight we all— best. oh, yes. for every watching tonight we all send _ best. oh, yes. for every watching tonight we all send him _ best. oh, yes. for every watching tonight we all send him our- best. oh, yes. for every watching tonight we all send him our very l tonight we all send him our very best_ tonight we all send him our very best wishes for a speedy recovery or whatever_ best wis

# hey, rupert murdoch, help me out...# hello.y in eastern areas. the heaviest of those snow flurries as we go through tuesday, covered by a met office amber weather warning across parts of central scotland. travel, power, communication disruption possible, as those snow levels start to mount up. but it's notjust that, it's the extent of the chill this morning. may be as low as around —ia, —15 through some parts of central scotland. all starting the day sub—zero. you can see where those snow showers line up through central areas of scotland. there will be others around northern and eastern parts of scotland, and we'll see little snow corridors again across parts of england and wales, just focusing some of those snow showers to give a further covering in some places. either side of it, we will see just that light flurry most of you saw through tuesday, but a better chance of some sunshine in between. you saw the winds, another windy day across the board. in the thermometers, temperatures barely above freezing — it's going to feel m

# hey, rupert murdoch, help me out... # hello. the cold air has arrived. it took its time.ng to accumulate now. there are two reasons for the cold weather, it is cold air coming out of scandinavia across that cold northern sea and that is going to dominate for the next few days. we have the remnants of a storm causing disruption with blizzard —like conditions across northern europe and the tail end of that weather front enhancing the risk of snow across parts of east anglia and down to essex and kent. this has been the story over the last few hours. the met office continues to have an amber weather warning in force, and that will stay until lunchtime on monday. we could see significant accumulations developing, 25 centimetres or more. blizzard —like conditions here with strong and gusty winds making it feel bitingly cold, but it will be a cold story right across the country. windy conditions driving further snow showers and across eastern england and eastern scotland, sheltered western areas should escape the worst of those and keep some sunny spells, but the temperature is

was being pushed and through the parliament in australia be at because of their publisher such as rupert murdoch's news corp so there was sort of an interest there as well for them and they're also. the owner of that the largest number of newspapers in a strenuous of the results so something else going on there as well this is what facebook are claiming but facebook said that they were essentially being forced to pay for content which in fact this content was was actually helping these publishers because it was on those platforms which of course have a lot of reach and with regards to audiences yeah last week when things book blocked these news links basically to all users in australia have you been able to measure do we know what impact that had. yeah it was actually really interesting brant because it was quite clear and within 24 hours you're already seeing the impact in fact actually in those 24 hours overall traffic to a strategy and muse sites actually plough much it it fell quite dramatically so obviously the question that we have to ask ourselves at this point is whether facebook

was being pushed and through the parliament in australia be at because of the publishers such as rupert murdoch's news corp so there was sort of an interest there as well for them and they're also. the owner of the largest number of newspapers in a strenuous of the results so something else going on there as well this is what facebook are claiming well facebook said that they were essentially being forced to pay for content which in fact at this content was was actually helping these publishers because it was on those platforms which of course have a lot of reach with regards to audiences yeah last week when facebook blocked these news links basically to all users in australia have you been able to measure do we know what impact that have. yeah it was actually really interesting brant because it was quite clear and within 24 hours you're already seeing the impact in fact actually in those 24 hours overall traffic to a strategy and muse sites actually plough much it it fell quite dramatically so obviously the question that we have to ask ourselves at this point is whether facebook is act

a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel mine rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. for more now i'm joined by our digital reporter army in essence good evening to you. let's talk about what this looks like this news and what is it like for users in australia well 1st of all this is not just a symbolic move on the part of facebook this is an absolute display of might and they've hit australia facebook on multiple sides so if you are an australian and you're using facebook and you want to post a link to a news website you'll get an error message when you try to post it and hopefully you'll get an explanation of why that is some users have reported that they haven't even got an explanation of it but it's not just that brand it's also that if you want to share any if any news company wants to share anything on facebook they won't be able to do it and that means for international users as well so you and i won't be seeing any australian news con

in a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel 9 rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. journalist andrea leslie is monitoring the latest developments on the story and joins us from sydney andrea good to see you so this is a pretty unprecedented move that we're seeing from facebook and we heard what the australian treasurer had to say about this but what are other lawmakers saying. will soon be the prime minister has been very vocal making a statement on facebook of all places that it was both arrogant and disappointing from facebook he said that a strike he wasn't going to be intimidated by these sort of action and also across the oil you know the life of a party the opposition party has said that up until wednesday not a straight in tone that they would back these maybe a bokken to go which would be supported by scott morrison's. liberal party but just today they have started to split away a little bit inside a. mistakes that of material laws

in a surprise move the internet giant struck deals with australian media firms such as channel 9 rupert murdoch's news corp and 7 west media. australian social media users will be hoping that facebook has a similar change of heart. joined by our digital reporter army in essence good evening to you. let's talk about what this looks like this news and what is it like for users in australia well 1st of all this is not just a symbolic move on the part of facebook this is an absolute display of might and they've hit australia facebook on multiple sites so if you are in australia and you're using facebook and you want to post a link to a news website you'll get an error message when you try to post it and hopefully you'll get an explanation of why that is some users have reported that they haven't even got an explanation of it but it's not just that brand it's also that if you want to share any if any news company wants to share anything on facebook they won't be able to do it and that means for international users as well so you and i won't be seeing any australian news content on facebook a