Facebook and Australian news we should be concerned

[pussyhunter]

Facebook in Australia has made the news, and who cares about it you say. Wait this could happen to us here at home.....

"On Wednesday, Facebook removed critical functionality for its Australian users: the ability to see, share, and interact with news content on the social media platform.

The abrupt change, Facebook said, was due to a recently proposed law in Australia.

"The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content. It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia," a blog post from Facebook said. "With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter."

The reality of the change - for Facebook users in Australia, and for users around the world attempting to view or post news from Australian publications - is stark." Rest of article is at https://www.yahoo.com/news/facebook-loo ... 34267.html

[Brian]

Social media is not going the way it was designed to go, there is way too much censorship happening.

[vblogger]

More to follow wait n see.

[urbanlegend]

Sucks for the people down under but not me

[LuKenGas]

There will be multiple internets around the globe and each one will have it's own rules and limitations, wait and see. Not so much an internet as an intranet.

[GRXlinks]

Social media is changing fast and not for the better

[jag]

The row is over for now,

"Facebook Inc. backed down from its news blackout in Australia after the government agreed to amend world-first legislation forcing the tech giant and Google to pay local publishers for content.

The social-media platform switched off news sharing in Australia last week in opposition to the proposed law, and Mark Zuckerberg and government officials have been locked in talks to find a compromise.
The Queen, other royals to appear on TV, on the same day Oprah's interview with Prince…

Among key concessions, the government said Tuesday it would take into account commercial deals Google and Facebook reach with news companies before deciding whether they are subject to the law, and would also give them one month’s notice. The platforms also won more time to strike deals with publishers before they’re forced into final-offer arbitration as a last resort."


https://financialpost.com/technology/fa ... egislation

[viking]

The power of FB

[blingman]

The power of FB

People have no idea how big and powerful tech companies are

[CanadianChick]

In a way it is fair for sites to pay for the use of the news , the sites that get the news spend money for reporters and people to gather the news.

[Garry2000]

Big brother threw it's weight around and won this battle

[plumpprincessxxx]

I want to go there one day, it seems a nice country to visit, especially at New Years when they party on the beach.

[unicams]

In a way it is fair for sites to pay for the use of the news , the sites that get the news spend money for reporters and people to gather the news.

I am with you

[deviantz]

How the internet has evolved into all about money and not free information is a sad thing

[TheButcher]

How the internet has evolved into all about money and not free information is a sad thing

Plus the censorship that goes on.