Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the move as the coronavirus pandemic causes a collapse in advertising revenue.
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New Facebook tool lets users request or offer help in their community
The new feature allows users to volunteer to help a neighbour or flag if they need assistance themselves during the coronavirus lockdown.
Coronavirus UK: Thousands join Facebook volunteering effort to help vulnerable
Community aid groups have been set up throughout the country by people helping their neighbours during the Covid-19 outbreak.
Mum who launched Facebook groups to help people self-isolating due to Coronavirus urging others to start own campaigns
Holly Woollard decided to launch the groups after watching Boris Johnson’s speech on Thursday warning people that “many loved ones” will die in the “worst public health crisis in a generation.”
Carpenter called Storm Denniss inundated with Facebook messages
Mr Denniss, from Whitby, North Yorkshire, said he is not offended and can see the funny side.
Facebook refuses to ban lies from political ads after ‘disinformation election’
The Conservative Party spent nearly a million pounds on Facebook ads since October.
Tories replicate Brexit campaign with late spending surge on Facebook
The ad strategy echoes that of Vote Leave in 2016, which used data harvested by Cambridge Analytica to target voters.
Facebook pulls Conservative adverts featuring edited BBC footage
Huw Edwards welcomed the move, saying: “Good. My thoughts on this kind of stunt are unprintable.”
Conservatives asked to remove edited BBC content from Facebook adverts
The BBC said the adverts were a ‘completely unacceptable’ use of its content.