The previous situation was that news outlets could post their own links on facebook, that facebook would have no say in it, and facebook would have to pay for t

The previous situation was that news outlets could post their own links on facebook, that facebook would have no say in it, and facebook would have to pay for the links. So news organisations could link spam facebook to extract revenue and FB would just have to sit there and take it. This way both sides need to come to an agreement, you know, the way it works in every other free market ever.