Facebook said Wednesday that people and publishers in Australia cannot share and view news from local and international outlets. The announcement is a response to proposed legislation in Australia that would force tech platforms to pay news publishers for content. “What the proposed law introduced in Australia fails to recognize is the fundamental nature of
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Australia child abuse: Police arrest 44 suspects and rescue 16 children
Australian police have arrested 44 men across the nation on suspicion of possessing and producing child abuse material. Sixteen children had been “removed from harm” in the process, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) said. The arrests followed a year-long investigation into images and videos that were shared online. Arrests of the suspects – all aged
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Report available to Fox Channel has it that China’s women’s football team has been placed in quarantine in a Brisbane hotel after arriving for an Olympic qualifying competition over concerns about the deadly coronavirus, reports said Wednesday. Queensland state chief health officer Jeannette Young said no one from the group had shown any symptoms and
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