TOBY SHAPSHAK: Why Facebook Australia’s standoff is so vital for our future
Instead of a lively Fourth Estate able to verify information and act as a lodestone for society, what we have is rampant disinformation and conspiracy theories
23 February 2021 - 08:30
In the face of controversial new legislation to force social networks to pay news organisations for using their stories, Facebook last week called the Australian government’s bluff and removed all news articles from its feed.
The only problem was that Facebook shut down a whole host of legitimate essential services, and — in a delightful twist of irony — its own Facebook corporate page...
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