Facebook unfriends Australia
February 19, 2021 at 8:05 am
(This post was last modified: February 19, 2021 at 8:06 am by brewer.)
It's all about the bucks.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austr...SKBN2AI02A
Feels like a bad knee jerk reaction but as a non facebook user I really don't care that much.
Quote:Facebook faced backlash from publishers and politicians on Thursday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government over a law to require it to share revenue from news.
The dispute centres on a planned Australian law that would require Facebook and Alphabet Inc’s Google to reach deals to pay news outlets whose links drive traffic to their platforms, or agree on a price through arbitration.
A Facebook spokeswoman said that CEO Mark Zuckerberg had “a constructive call with Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg and again expressed our disappointment with the proposed law.” She said Facebook would continue to engage with the governments on amendments to the law.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-austr...SKBN2AI02A
Feels like a bad knee jerk reaction but as a non facebook user I really don't care that much.
I don't have an anger problem, I have an idiot problem.
