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Facebook should ban news everywhere

The social network is banning news in Australia. But they should think bigger!

Ben Dreyfuss
Feb 17, 2021
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Facebook should ban news everywhere

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Facebook has gone nuclear on Australia:

The company announced Wednesday that it would no longer allow Australian publishers to share news on Facebook or allow Australian people to view or share international news sources.

Australia is set to pass a new law that is nominally supposed to “help journalism” but is pretty stupid and won’t accomplish its goal. …

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