A Nine Entertainment Co. page on Facebook is displayed without posts in Sydney, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Facebook is vowing to restrict news sharing as Australian lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into payment agreements. ns from sharing news, a milestone in the increasingly frantic jockeying between governments, media and powerful tech companies.
Facebook said the proposed Australian law “fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it.” Facebook had threatened to block access to Australian news rather than pay for it under the proposed News Media Bargaining Code. Google had threatened to remove its search functions from Australia because it said the proposed law was unworkable.
The Bureau of Meteorology’s weather warnings, a Hobart women’s shelter and the Betoota Advocate, a satirical website named after an Australian ghost town, were among those surprised to find their content blocked at least temporarily.
Too much fake news on Facebook anyways, a win for humanity it seems.
Good do it all over the world. Either way Facebook is not a news plateform.
the LNP doing the bidding of Rupert Murdoch
Protect FreeSpeech
Countries will just start blocking Facebook soon, they and others, think they above the law. They have been living off of free news and don't want to have to pay for like everyone else does.
Remember the 90s? Pre social media? Those were some pretty sweet days...
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