February 23, 2021In Australia, Facebook just shot the hostages. (Metaphorically, of course.)
Australian regulators have been arguing for months that Facebook derives huge value from the news stories shared on its platform and that, as a result, Facebook should be forced to compensate the Australian publishers who create them. As with the Hungarians above, Australia’s play can be simplified to:
We have something you find incredibly valuable, and unless you give us what we want, we can destroy it.
You have a really messed up idea of who finds what valuable here. Here, watch me shoot the hostages and show how illusory your “leverage” really is.
Rachel Griffiths meets her desert Waterloo
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Hotel quarantine is no oneâs idea of fun, but the Northern Territoryâs Howard Springs quarantine facility recently provided a joyous life-enhancing visit for actor
Rachel Griffiths.
The actor and producer lived in a âdongaâ (local vernacular for a container house) last November at the disused workers camp 25 kilometres from central Darwin while en route from Melbourne to Queensland for a personal trip.
Quarantine at Howard Springs for Rachel Griffiths (right) and Rita Arrigo.
Credit:@ritaarrigo/Instagram
An early highlight included residents staging a spontaneous 45-minute water aerobics class after receiving negative COVID tests, with everyone singing âin quarantineâ to Abbaâs