Original article by Ronald Mizen
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 7 : 5-Mar-24

Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones was informed by Meta’s vice president of public policy for Asia Pacific Simon Milner that the social media firm would no longer pay Australian publishers for their content 24 hours before its decision was made public. Milner is a typical example of the policy and government relations professionals that the tech firms employ to deal with irate politicians and inform them of the ‘company line from Silicon Valley’ at a time when their activities are coming under growing global scrutiny, with their work backed up by local lobbyists.

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