Australia's government slams Facebook's move to block news content

Posted by williamsharris on Thursday February 18, 2021 @04:52AM
from the cnbc.com dept.

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Re:Australia's government slams Facebook's move to block new... by jqpabc123 on Thursday February 18, 2021 @07:37AM (#26179105)

I'm no fan of Google and Facebook.

But I'm also no fan of this government attempt at extortion.

Basically, this law singles out these two companies and requires them to enter into a binding contract at a rate set by others.

This was a mafia style deal that government thought they couldn't refuse --- but I guess they were wrong.

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Re:Australia's government slams Facebook's move to block new... by pastyboy on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:02AM (#26178033)

Absolute LOL, what the hell did the Australians expect. Interfere with the workings of the internet at your peril.

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