Some context: This is an Australian news site. In Australia, news organizations lobbied against Google and Facebook in the same way as Canadian news organizati

Some context: This is an Australian news site. In Australia, news organizations lobbied against Google and Facebook in the same way as Canadian news organizations. In Australia, most of the mainstream news is controlled by Rupert Murdoch, who has considerable power in choosing which politicians get elected by directing his news paper to write favorable or unfavorable stories for politicians. Ultimately, politicians sided with the news papers. Surprise!