Posted on Feb 19, 2021
Tech Tent: Facebook v Australia - two sides to the story
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The battle between the Australian government and the tech giants over a law which would make them pay for news content has been rumbling on for a while.
But Facebook's move to ban all Australian news content from its platform has taken the conflict to a whole new level.
One of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers described it as "an act of war". But others see the actions of Australia's politicians as being an outrage against the principle of net neutrality.
This week's Tech Tent podcast asks whether Mark Zuckerberg overplayed his hand, making it more likely that other countries will follow Australia's lead.
But Facebook's move to ban all Australian news content from its platform has taken the conflict to a whole new level.
One of Rupert Murdoch's newspapers described it as "an act of war". But others see the actions of Australia's politicians as being an outrage against the principle of net neutrality.
This week's Tech Tent podcast asks whether Mark Zuckerberg overplayed his hand, making it more likely that other countries will follow Australia's lead.
Tech Tent: Facebook v Australia - two sides to the story
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Stuart McArthur's Universal Corrective Map [Part 7 of 14]
How Stuart McArthur came to create his Universal Corrective Map. This turns your world upside down with its unique downunder viewpoint and cheeky Aussie humo...
We’ll see who comes out on *top.* An Australian co-worker had this map posted in his office.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYuV4eOVz38
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYuV4eOVz38
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Let's see Rupert Murdock which owns 70% of the media in Australia wants to be paid to be on FB's platform thereby giving them access to FB's user base of 1.7 billion people. Seems they have this backwards. They should be paying FB and if they don't want to then shut of their access to FB.
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