Ua hōʻole ʻo Facebook i nā kono mai ke aupuni Australia a me nā hui nūhou e kaʻana like i ka loaʻa kālā o ka hoʻolaha ʻana me ka media, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ua makemake ʻo ia e ʻoki i nā ʻike nūhou mai kāna paepae, a ʻōlelo ʻia ka pilikua media ma ka noi i ka Australian Competition Watch: ʻo ka nūhou e hōʻike ana i kahi mea nui loa. ʻāpana liʻiliʻi o ka maʻiʻo i ka mea hoʻohana nūhou hānai maʻamau.
"Inā ʻaʻohe ʻike nūhou i loaʻa ma Facebook ma Australia, ke hilinaʻi nei mākou ʻaʻole nui ka hopena o nā kūlana kaiaulu Facebook a me ka loaʻa kālā ma Australia, a hāʻawi ʻia i ka waiwai a me nā pono pilikanaka o nā mea hoʻopuka nūhou, paipai mākou e hoʻomau i ka mea hoʻopuka nūhou. Loaʻa nā ʻike ma kā mākou kahua."
E wehe ana ʻo Australia i nā manaʻo e koi iā Facebook a me Google e kaʻana like i ka loaʻa kālā hoʻolaha i loaʻa iā lākou mai ka nūhou i hāʻawi ʻia i kā lākou lawelawe, a ua loaʻa kēia hana i ka hoʻoikaika ikaika ʻana mai nā hui media nui ʻelua o Australia, ʻo News Corp a me Nine Entertainment. .
Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei nā hui media ʻo ka pilikia o ka ʻoihana nūhou a puni ka honua ma muli o ka ʻike ʻana o Facebook, Google a me nā ʻoihana ʻenehana nui ʻē aʻe i ka hapa nui o ka loaʻa kālā hoʻolaha pūnaewele, me ka ʻole o ka uku kūpono i nā hui media no nā hoʻolaha i kau ʻia i loko o ka nūhou. maʻiʻo.
ʻO ka lilo ʻana o ka loaʻa kālā o nā nūpepa i alakaʻi ʻia i nā ʻoki a me nā panakalupa ma waena o ka ʻāpana, kahi kaʻina i hoʻonui ʻia e ka hāʻule ʻana o ka hoʻokele waiwai i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus, a ʻoi aku ma mua o 170 mau keʻena nūhou i ʻike i nā hōʻoki a hoʻōki paha i ka paʻi ʻana i nā makahiki i hala.
Ua manaʻo ka Australian Competition Regulatory Authority (ACCC) e loaʻa pū ana ʻo Facebook a me Google ma kahi o $6 biliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma ka hoʻolaha ʻana ma ka ʻāina, a ua noi nā mea hoʻolaha nūhou kaulana i nā hui e uku ma ka liʻiliʻi he 10 pakeneka o kēia mau loaʻa i kēlā me kēia makahiki i nā hui nūhou kūloko.
Ua hōʻole ʻo Google i kēia noi i ka mahina i hala, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana ʻaʻole loaʻa ka $ 10 miliona i kēlā me kēia makahiki ma nā hoʻolaha e pili ana i ka nūhou.
Ke hoʻopaʻapaʻa nei ʻo Facebook a me Google e hāʻawi ana lākou i nā haneli miliona mau kālā i nā hui nūhou Australia ma ke kuhikuhi ʻana i nā kaʻa i nā pūnaewele, kahi e loaʻa ai ka loaʻa kālā ma o nā hoʻolaha a hoʻololi ʻia i ka poʻe kākau inoa.
"ʻAe mākou i nā hui nūhou o nā nui āpau e hoʻolaha i nā loulou, e hoʻonui i ka ʻike i kā lākou mau hōʻailona a hoʻonui i ka huakaʻi i hiki ke hoʻolilo ʻia ma kā lākou pūnaewele no ka manuahi," wahi a Mia Garlic, Luna Hoʻokele o Facebook Policy no Australia a me New Zealand.
Ua koi ʻo Facebook he mea hiki ʻole ke hoʻoponopono ʻia nā ʻoihana pilikino ʻelua e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia e kū nei i ka media Australia, a ua hoʻohiki ʻo Facebook e hewa no nā kūkākūkā e alakaʻi ʻia e (ACCC), a ʻo ka ʻoihana ka palena manawa e holo ai a hiki i ka hopena o Iulai e hoʻolālā i ka hope. kānāwai a ke aupuni i hoʻohiki ai e hoʻokō koke.
