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I'm not familiar with news media consumption in Australia, but I wonder would this push users to news aggregators like "News Break" or "Apple News"?

• jjcm 6y ago
  Potentially, but under this law these are likely to also encounter the same issues that Facebook and Google are facing right now. Facebook and Google are only the first named companies affected by this, though the rules are far reaching. I highly suspect things like Apple News would be next on the block to be classified as a "designated digital platform".
  • sangnoir 6y ago
    I think going after all aggregators would have weakened the government position. The current approach forces Facebook to weigh the likelihood of other orgs getting onto FBs turf, once FB is onboard, the government can go after the others, one at a time. It works better via divide and rule vs having all providers presenting a united front and dropping Australia _en masse_ (which would have a high political cost, vs FB alone which doesn't have a lot of political capital)
• incompatible 6y ago
  Twitter is a big one that doesn't seem to be included at present.