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But this isn’t happening because Facebook wants to extract a toll from someone. It’s happening because the government wants to extract a toll from Facebook – t
by comex 3y ago
But this isn’t happening because Facebook wants to extract a toll from someone. It’s happening because the government wants to extract a toll from Facebook – to be paid to news organizations, for the privilege of Facebook users being able to send other Facebook users links to those organizations’ content.
- nitwit005 3y agoTo be more accurate, the newspapers had a psuedo-monopoly, as they controlled what content got delivered to people's doorsteps. They made people pay huge amounts for classified ads and the like. Now someone else controls the delivery mechanism, and they're passed. They're still mad at Craigslist, but they don't make enough to be a worthwhile target.