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World Business Report: First broadcast 18/02/2021 15:32 GMT : The Australian government versus Facebook

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The Australian government versus Facebook

First broadcast 18/02/2021 15:32 GMT 

First broadcast 18/02/2021 15:32 GMT : The Australian government versus Facebook

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Australian PM says he won't be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users

Facebook pages of all local and global news sites are now unavailable and people outside the country are also unable to read or access any Australian news publications on the platform. Facebook is responding to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms; we hear from Bruce Ellen, President of Country Press Australia, which represents news outlets across the country and we're also joined by Daniel Gervais who teaches at the Vanderbilt Law School in Tennessee. There's a big piracy problem along a huge stretch of coast from Senegal right down to Angola. And these days the pirates aren't after cargo, they're after the sailors. As Marie Keyworth reports, the shipping industry wants immediate action to protect its staff. Plus, things are changing in the world of fairy tails; we hear from Trish Cooke who's starting a new publishing venture, involving a modern retelling of the Rapunzel, Pinocchio and Jack and the Beanstalk stories. (Photo of ABC News reports on Facebook's news ban on Australian and International content. Photo by Brendon Thorne for Getty Images).

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