MADRID, 20 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Australian Government and the social network Facebook have continued to negotiate after the scale of tensions over the blocking of informative content that occurred this Thursday as a result of the bill that would make the technology giants pay for spreading this type of content on their platforms .
After declaring that “he will not be intimidated” after the content blocking occurred, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison told the media this Saturday that “Facebook has returned to the negotiating table” and that they want to work on this matter , according to the Bloomberg agency.
Also, last Friday, Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg confirmed that he had spoken with Zuckerberg about the company’s concerns and that they were still looking for a solution that was viable for both parties, the newspaper ‘The Sydney Morning Herald’ reported.
With the blocking of informational content, content from government organizations and non-profit organizations was also restricted, a fact for which Facebook’s vice president of public policy for the Asia and Pacific region, Simon Milner, had to apologize.
“We regret the mistakes we made in part of implementing content blocking,” Milner said.
The controversial Australian legislative proposal proposes that technology companies pay publishers when users publish their articles in compensation for the value that these articles generate on digital platforms.
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