Facebook cancels OZ

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Country attempts to assert itself against Facebook. <br><br>Facebook responds by canceling the country. <a href="https://t.co/NmGq1T7Zzw%22%3Ehttps://t.co/NmGq1T7Zzw%3C/a%3E%3C/p%3E&mdash">https://t.co/NmGq1T7Zzw">https://t.co/N ... </p>&mdash">https://t.co/NmGq1T7Zzw">https://t.co/NmGq1T7Zzw</a></p>&mdash; Rachel Bovard (@rachelbovard) <a href="https://twitter.com/rachelbovard/status/1362133786708889608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%22%3EFebruary">https://twitter.com/rachelbovard/status ... ">February">https://twitter.com/rachelbovard/status/1362133786708889608?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 17, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js">https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

[Bruce Caulley]

I actually agree with this.......

The background is that local legacy media companies, in their growing irrelevance, are getting envious of the advertising revenue that Facebook generates.  Their argument is that when a facebook user is reading an article that they post that they are entitled to a share of the revenue from any advertising that may accompany it.  I would argue that, if anything, they should be paying FB for the additional reach, site traffic, and viewership that their FREE post on FB generates.

Imagine you owned a free noticeboard and someone, in the hope of making more money by doing so, staples a flyer to it.  No problem.  Then imagine they ask you to pay for them to use your board!  Nonsense!

I am no fb fan, deleted my account a while ago, but they are not in the wrong here and the squealing sound coming from those complaining is music to my ears.

Cheers

Bruce

[Jeff]

[quote="Bruce Caulley" post_id=7005 time=1613619978 user_id=99]
I actually agree with this.......

The background is that local legacy media companies, in their growing irrelevance, are getting envious of the advertising revenue that Facebook generates.  Their argument is that when a facebook user is reading an article that they post that they are entitled to a share of the revenue from any advertising that may accompany it.  I would argue that, if anything, they should be paying FB for the additional reach, site traffic, and viewership that their FREE post on FB generates.

Imagine you owned a free noticeboard and someone, in the hope of making more money by doing so, staples a flyer to it.  No problem.  Then imagine they ask you to pay for them to use your board!  Nonsense!

I am no fb fan, deleted my account a while ago, but they are not in the wrong here and the squealing sound coming from those complaining is music to my ears.

Cheers

Bruce
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That's the guise that FB is using, yes. But do you know who else bans their country from outside sources of news?
North Korea.

[Matthew Hajicek]

No one is banning anyone from reading Australian news.  If you want to read it, don't use Facebook.  Facebook is not the internet.

[Bruce Caulley]

[quote="Matthew Hajicek" post_id=7022 time=1613659965 user_id=57]
No one is banning anyone from reading Australian news.  If you want to read it, don't use Facebook.  Facebook is not the internet.
[/quote]

Exactly.  No news site has been blocked.  I can go direct to any of them and read their news if I want, which is why this situation is totally backwards.  Their readership numbers benefit from being able to use FB for free, and therefore so does their own advertising revenue.  FB have been asked to pay for the benefit they give for free.  If anything, the news companies should be charged a finders fee for the traffic that flows through FB, not the other way around.

Again, I hate FB.  The principles at issue however, must apply evenly.

Cheers
Bruce

[mowens]

I usually use an aggregate like Google News. I never use FB as a news source.

[Bruce Caulley]

I usually use an aggregate like Google News. I never use FB as a news source.

Same deal with Google, except they caved in and are negotiating with the gov here over how much they need to pay......

It's a strange world we live in.

Bruce