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Facebook brings back news after Australian government amends upcoming law

The Verge

Facebook will restore news content to its platform in Australia after the government agreed to amend its proposed News Media Bargaining Code. News content will return to the platform “in the coming days,” Easton said. Facebook has committed to entering into good-faith negotiations with Australian news media”.

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New Zealand-based customer due diligence platform First AML gets $21M Series B

TechCrunch

million NZD) Series B in the New Zealand-based company, with participation from returning investors Bedrock Capital, Icehouse Ventures and Pushpay founder Eliot Crowther. Its clients include other types of financial service providers, accountants, law firms and real estate agencies. “We million USD (about $42 million USD).

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Facebook may block news from being shared on its platforms in Australia

The Verge

Facebook plans to block the sharing of local and international news stories on its platforms if legislation requiring tech platforms to pay publishers for content becomes law, the company said in a blog post Monday. The ACCC told the government it seemed “unlikely” that a voluntary agreement could be reached, however.

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Dear Sophie: Do I qualify for an E-1 trader visa?

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Sophie Alcorn Contributor Share on Twitter Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the Year in California for Entrepreneur Immigration Services.” I’m from New Zealand and have a B2B SaaS company with a lot of clients in the U.S.

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Facebook will block Australian users and publishers from sharing news links in response to new bill

The Verge

The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content,” reads a blog post from William Easton, the managing director of Facebook Australia & New Zealand. “It Facebook, it appears, will not follow suit — for now.

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Australia-based Employment Hero raises $45M AUD for its global expansion

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The capital will be used for expansion and growth in markets including New Zealand, Southeast Asia and the United Kingdom. Employment Hero doubled the number of its full-time employees to 200 last year, and launched versions in New Zealand, the UK, Malaysia and Singapore. million USD).

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Inadequate federal privacy regulations leave US startups lagging behind Europe

TechCrunch

Cillian Kieran is CEO and co-founder of Ethyca , a New York-based privacy company. “A A new law to follow” seems unlikely to have featured on many business wishlists this holiday season, particularly if that law concerned data privacy. federal government is in a unique position to help realize those rewards.

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