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Facebook to invest $1B in news industry after standoff with Australian government
InternationalNews Feb 24, 2021 Benedict Rhodes
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After a week-long standoff between the Australian government and Facebook following a proposed law that would force tech giants to pay for content from media companies, the social media platform has committed to investing one billion dollars in the news industry.
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