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Facebook may block news from being shared on its platforms in Australia – The Verge
Facebook plans to block the sharing of local and international news stories on its platforms if new legislation requiring platforms to pay publishers for content becomes law, the company said Monday.
Proposed rules to force tech platforms to share ad revenues with news publishers are not workable, the company says
Illustration by James Bareham / The Verge
Facebook plans to block the sharing of local and international news stories on its platforms if legislation requiring tech platforms to pay publishers for content becomes law, the company said in a blog post Monday.
Australia is drafting a new regulation that misunderstands the dynamics of the internet and will do damage to the very news…
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