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In the Australian case Facebook acted in retaliation. The law was about news media, Facebook shutdown a bunch of unrelated govt services pages in retaliation.
by onlypositive 3y ago
In the Australian case Facebook acted in retaliation.
The law was about news media, Facebook shutdown a bunch of unrelated govt services pages in retaliation.
Facebook definitely deserves a lot of blame. Likely in this case too. I'm pro capitalist as much as the next guy but laws are by the people, if a business wants to extract money from our community it needs to play by our rules.
Facebook cutting access is like a badly raised toddler throwing a tantrum.
- cscurmudgeon 3y agoBy this logic, shouldn't news orgs pay people in their stories? > I'm pro capitalist as much as the next guy but laws are by the people, if a business wants to extract money from our community it needs to play by our rules. Wait, if FB was extracting money, wouldn't FB shutting down linking cause more money to flow into news orgs? Shouldn't you celebrate this as it will reduce the "extraction"? Why fret over this if extraction is being stopped? If news orgs truly believe in extraction, they would be celebrating this shutdown in the streets. > Facebook cutting access is like a badly raised toddler throwing a tantrum. In the free world, we are allowed to choose our actions to some extent.