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Facebook's move to block news publishers in Australia may create an even stronger backlash against the company, adding fuel to arguments that it has too much power.
Facebook shut down news sharing in Australia, and Google threatened to pull out of the country altogether over a new media law. But that’s not stopping regulators in other countries from preparing similar regulations.
Facebook s brazen attempt to crush regulations in Australia may backfire
Elizabeth Dwoskin and Gerrit De Vynck, The Washington Post
Feb. 18, 2021
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Facebook s decision to flip a switch on Wednesday night - causing Australia s news industry to go dark on the social network - was a remarkable flexing of power by one of the world s mightiest companies.
The social media giant said it was backed into a corner by a new law there, which requires Internet companies to pay news publishers for their content and for those rates to be set by a government arbitrator. Instead of comply, Facebook has blocked all news content on its site in Australia.