Mogul vs Mogul: Australia’s tech law pits Murdoch against Zuckerberg

‘Facebook Bans Aussie News’ displayed on the Facebook Inc page for the Sydney Morning Herald on a smartphone in Sydney, Australia. Where Murdoch could hobble governments or torpedo campaigns with a rapier front-page splash, Zuckerberg’s platform can change the tenor of a US election campaign. — Bloomberg

SYDNEY: Australia’s push to regulate tech giants has become a power struggle between two of the world’s most powerful men, with Rupert Murdoch and Mark Zuckerberg locked in a generational battle for media dominance.

Efforts in Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news has garnered worldwide attention, creating what some call a defining moment for the web and for journalism, and even a litmus test for democracy.