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A tech body backed by the Australian units of Facebook, Google and Twitter said on Monday it has set up a special committee to adjudicate complaints over misinformation, a day after the government threatened tougher laws over…

Sydney: Australia is moving with new urgency to redraft its defamation laws after a court ruling that publishers can be liable for public comments on online forums like Facebook sent shockwaves through the media industry and beyond. Since…

Sydney: CNN said it has stopped posting articles on Australian Facebook Inc. pages, citing a court ruling that publishers are liable for defamation in public comments and the social media firm's refusal to help it disable comments in the…

Facebook has told Australian publishers it has stopped negotiating licensing deals, an email to the industry seen by Reuters showed, a move which came just six months after the passing of a law designed to make tech giants pay for news…