Facebook’s spat with Australia is warning shot over future of news
Big tech will need to come to a detente with news providers, and the world is watching this stand-off closely
In the short history of Big Tech, countries afraid of democratic accountability often shut down social media platforms. That trend was turned on its head last week when a social media platform afraid of democratic accountability shut down a country.
Amid a noisy argument over a proposal that would force it to pay for news available on its platform, Facebook blocked access to news outlets in Australia, including news from institutions fighting the Covid-19 pandemic. ...
