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Re:Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law,... by ferros on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @08:15PM (#24348649)
This will leave an enormous black hole in news discovery.

The real question is what new discovery methods will fill this massive hole.

It won’t be newspapers, that’s for sure

Re:Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law,... by skybrian on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @08:49PM (#24348873)
Unfortunately, lots of people don't cite news articles at all. They just post memes.

But for people who do want to post a news article, it seems like there are lots of workarounds, like quoting and citing, or an indirect link through Twitter.

It will be a question of how smart Facebook is about blocking stuff. I'd guess they wouldn't be any smarter than they have to be to maintain plausible deniability.

Re:Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law,... by icedchocolate on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @07:55AM (#24352333)
If you get your news from Facebook, you’re doing it wrong.
Re:Facebook to block news on Australian sites after new law,... by thu2111 on Wednesday September 02, 2020 @10:56AM (#24353878)
Reddit.