https://www.dw.com/en/facebook-to-restore-australia-news-pages-says-government/a-56657962oh, so it looks like they found a compromise now.
For better or worse, and regardless of the merits of the Austrialian proposal, this demonstrates that Facebook can blackmail a wealthy sovereign nation and come out with something in their hand.
Lessons to be learned, for sure...
grin
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The politicians of an already wealthy sovereign nation thought that they can simply take money from private companies too big by their taste, and the "ice cream licked back".
Also there was an unhealthy amount of populism involved.
That is the _other_ narrative.
#australia #facebook #robtherich