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Facebook will restore Australian news pages after Canberra offered amendments to a proposed law designed to force tech giants to pay for media content displayed on their platforms, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said on Tuesday. 

Australia will not change proposed laws that would make Alphabet Inc’s Google and Facebook pay news outlets for content, a senior lawmaker said on Monday, despite vocal opposition from the Big Tech firms.

Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy believes there is opportunity in so-called "sin stocks," telling FOX Business Network's "Making Money with Charles Payne" he’s “heavily involved” in gambling stocks like Penn National, which bought a minority stake in his company last year.

Parler interim CEO Mark Parler Interim CEO Mark Meckle expects to be back in the App Store “pretty shortly” after being offline for more than a month.

Kevin Sorbo is speaking out after the actor claimed Facebook removed his page without any explanation.

Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted Friday in support of the successful landing of NASA's Perseverance Mars rover. 

Facebook announced on Thursday that it would ramp up its efforts to counter misinformation about climate change.

Facebook Inc. said it would restrict publishers and users in Australia from viewing or sharing news articles, ramping up a standoff with the government there over a proposal that would force tech companies to pay newspapers for content.

After more than a month offline, the social media platform Parler relaunched on a new platform with some hiccups.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk on Saturday asked Russian President Vladimir Putin if he was interested in having a conversation on Clubhouse, the up-and-coming social media platform that connects people via audio chat rather than posting status updates or sending direct messages.

Facebook will "significantly reduce" content from accounts linked to the Burmese military.