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The Australian government is targeting Meta on a wide range of issues and will keep doing so until they transfer more money to news oligarchs to compensate the
by xyzzy123 2y ago
The Australian government is targeting Meta on a wide range of issues and will keep doing so until they transfer more money to news oligarchs to compensate them for "loss of business model".
- chii 2y agoThis is how you know the (old) media mongrels have bought out the australian gov't. I am vehemently against it, but no matter which party you choose to vote for, the result has been the same.
- BLKNSLVR 2y agoWhilst I agree with the sentiment, most definitely in the case of social networks funding old media for the privilege of linking to their news sources, I think in this case Meta "did something egregiously wrong" that was also illegal according to Australian privacy law. (Aside: An amusing thought experiment is how voraciously would the Australian government pursue Murdoch's media empire had it committed a similar act? A $50 million fine would kill it's Australian enterprise, or at least be nearly-fatal, I'd hope...)
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- techbrovanguard 2y agothe greens could always use more votes
- drekipus 2y agoAdam Bandt is one of the most powerful figure in Australian politics, he does not need help.