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Facebook VP defends company’s actions in Australia news spat – Source CNET Internet News

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Facebook and Australia have come to an agreement.


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Facebook’s vice president of global affairs, Nick Clegg, published a blog post on Wednesday defending the social network’s actions in its standoff with the Australian government, which caused the social media platform to temporarily block news in the country. That action, Clegg says, might have felt “abrupt and dramatic” if you hadn’t been following the story closely.

Facebook suspended news last week in response to an Australian bill that would force the company to pay publishers for the news content that…

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