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Nick Clegg was today blasted for a bizarre , patronising and disingenuous rant about Facebook s war with Australia over paying for news content.
The former deputy PM, now vice president of global affairs at the tech giant on a reputed seven-figure salary, moaned its position had been misunderstood in an extraordinary blog posted on an official site.
Claiming to be telling the real story of the standoff, Sir Nick said Facebook temporarily blocked the sharing of news stories in Australia because a new law would have left it signing a blank cheque to publishers.
He griped that the platform did not ask people to share news, comparing the situation to forcing carmakers to fund radio stations because people might listen to them in the car, and letting the stations set the price .
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