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Re:Facebook is gambling Australia can't do without it. What ... by nindalf on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:02AM (#26193207)
It's stunning that Facebook can be criticised for sending referrals to news media, then simultaneously criticised for not sending referrals. Murdoch and co bluffed, their bluff was called. Now newspapers around the world are calling it "bullying". I wish they would report on the poker games I lose consistently.

There is a conflict of interest here. Newspapers everywhere want the Australian media to win this round. Extracting rents from tech companies is their best shot at survival.

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Re:Facebook is gambling Australia can't do without it. What ... by foobar9000 on Friday February 19, 2021 @04:37PM (#26198338)
The reason is pretty clear. News companies benefit a lot more from Facebook than Facebook benefits from them. The whole idea of this law was to extract even more money from Facebook but now it blew up in their faces and they have lost money so they are using their power in Australia to make it look like what Facebook has done is evil.
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Re:Facebook is gambling Australia can't do without it. What ... by snarf21 on Friday February 19, 2021 @09:26AM (#26193457)
^ THIS
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