I'm in no way defending the Australian legislation but It's absurd to me that Google and recently Facebook have positioned themselves as defenders of "the open

I'm in no way defending the Australian legislation but It's absurd to me that Google and recently Facebook have positioned themselves as defenders of "the open web." Google with their AMP, Project Dragonfly and Chrome dominance and FB with their walled garden seem to reach for the "open web" argument whenever something threatens their status quo.