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They did this in Australia. It all seemed like it was to prop up Murdoch owned media. The Australian Gov must have cut an acceptable deal with Google and Face
by firecall 3y ago
They did this in Australia.
It all seemed like it was to prop up Murdoch owned media.
The Australian Gov must have cut an acceptable deal with Google and Facebook though, as both threatened to do what FB has done in Canada.
There are more details to it all, I'm sure. I'd have to go research more as I dont recall them all :-)
- dwaite 3y ago> …as both threatened to do what FB has done in Canada Meta has blocked access in Canada, so I wouldn't consider it a threat anymore. You could claim this is a negotiating tactic, but I suspect time alone will not change these policies. Neither Google nor Facebook see significant direct value in having news links on their platform - they don't think they'll have a significant drop in user traffic from users not being able to see a few Canadian news sites.