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> It's not really the job of a private company to undermine nations in this way for simple reasons of sovereignty That may be the case (or not), except this is
by toomanybeersies 6y ago
> It's not really the job of a private company to undermine nations in this way for simple reasons of sovereignty
That may be the case (or not), except this isn't a principled stance that Facebook is taking, but a business decision. Facebook have absolutely no issue with undermining a nation's sovereignty when it suits them.
For example, in protest against Australia's new News Media Bargaining Code, they went and blocked Australians from being able to share news articles.
- nradov 6y agoI fail to see how blocking sharing of news links undermined Australia's sovereignty. The Australian government gave Facebook a choice to either pay up or exit the news business and they chose the latter. So they are in compliance with local law.
- toomanybeersies 6y agoThe News Media Bargaining Code is not yet law, and didn't even pass its final reading until after Facebook enacted their ban, so Facebook was under no legal obligation to block links to news websites. They were in compliance with local law regardless. What Facebook did was a blatant attempt to influence the legislative process. It was the equivalent of a nation enacting an export ban due to threats of tariffs.