Written by Alasdair Pal and Lewis Jackson
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Meta said on Friday it would not sign new commercial deals for traditional news content in Australia, France or Germany.
“Furthermore, as we continue to invest in products and services that drive user engagement, we will not enter into new commercial agreements for traditional news content in these countries and will not be signing new Facebook products specifically for news publishers in the future.” We will not provide any services to you,” Mehta said in a statement.
Facebook’s owner has repeatedly clashed with Australia over its obligation to pay publishers of news content.
“Meta’s decision to no longer pay for news content in a number of jurisdictions represents a dereliction of Meta’s commitment to the sustainability of Australian news media,” Australian Treasurer Stephen Jones said in a statement. said.
He added that the government was seeking advice from the Treasury and the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission on next steps.
(Reporting by Alasdair Pal and Lewis Jackson in Sydney; Editing by Edwina Gibbs)
