After a last-gasp deal that watered-down binding rules Facebook and Google had fiercely opposed in return for the tech giants agreeing to pay local media companies, Australia's parliament passed ...

Under the proposed law, Australians under 16 years of age will be prohibited from setting up accounts on all major social media sites including Facebook ... Google said it was important for ...

These are good deals. These are good deals for the Australian media businesses,” he added Google and Facebook, which take a combined 81% of online advertising in Australia, have condemned the ...