Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher, testing world's toughest online law

Reuters2021-06-25

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook Inc refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage...

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