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Huh. I mean, that's interesting (that legacy media lobbied for the ban). So but Murdoch doesn't own Reddit, what's the upshot there? More links to Sky/Fox?
by noduerme 3mo ago
Huh. I mean, that's interesting (that legacy media lobbied for the ban). So but Murdoch doesn't own Reddit, what's the upshot there? More links to Sky/Fox?
- hydrox24 3mo agoI am not sure why Reddit was excluded, but the implied reason for the view I outlined in my comment is not about preferential treatment for one of the mainstream media firms so much as about a tool to drive a return in advertising dollars to traditional media, and away from technology firms. There is also more explicit work being done to do this.[0] Having said all of that, the social media ban polled well and I think that the popularity of the policy is the parsimonious explanation for why it was developed. [0]: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-finalises-tech-giant-tax-designed-to-force-funding-for-news-20260802-p60kou https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/labor-finalises-tech-gi...