There are fake news everywhere and not only that, but low-qiality content in general. The internet is a tool, how users will utilise this tool is up to them to decide.
Facebook goes Nuclear, Banning All News Posts in Australia
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Objectively speaking Google, Facebook, [fiction-tech] inc. should not be charged, unless they are officially hosting the channels themselves through a dedicated page, official posts(by themselves) or section in an app. Which they don't. Google for example doesn't host news, it just displays their indexed pages of the subject under the news tab. Technically they are not hosting any news.
If the users themselves share, than the users need to be charged through Facebook (in this case) as the middleman as it's their platform, and they are technically responsible for it, if and when it happens on their platform. But Facebook did on several occasions ask and i think even try to stop such a situation from happening. But ended up back to the censoring solution which they didn't want.
I don't use Facebook, but I just see all sides from outside the box. And well everyone is abusing the situation to some degree.
If the users themselves share, than the users need to be charged through Facebook (in this case) as the middleman as it's their platform, and they are technically responsible for it, if and when it happens on their platform. But Facebook did on several occasions ask and i think even try to stop such a situation from happening. But ended up back to the censoring solution which they didn't want.
I don't use Facebook, but I just see all sides from outside the box. And well everyone is abusing the situation to some degree.
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- May 25, 2020
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Australian copyright law used to be more in line with the US but, somewhat ironically, our big free trade agreement from 2006/7 had a stipulation from the US that it be comprehensively tightened (after much lobbying from Google at the time, I surmise, planning ahead by asking for crocodile clamps on our already conquered search engine market's legal innovation space).
The Australian parliament is gone to pass a media law that would make Google and Facebook pay news publishers for displaying their content. Most countries are watching to do the same because nearly 80% of online advertising goes to Google and Facebook. In my country, the newspapers are dying or having a difficult time. Making sure that money goes to the newsrooms is a way to protect local and national identities.
- Aug 4, 2016
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I feel some of the issue is an underlying feeling with Facebook itself by some people & nowt to do with Australia? At the moment at least in the UK it's not going Facebooks way at all as some newspapers & radio sites are urging people to ditch FB altogether (not going to happed) - On a personal basis I dislike FB & how it operates very strongly & don't use it, but having it's wings clipped by this episode might not be a bad thing - I'm followed around the internet by Zuck & I don't even use FB, somehow for me that's not right? So any grief they get over this for me is amusing 
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"Australian law could make internet ‘unworkable’, says World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee...
Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee has said Australia’s plan to make tech giants pay for journalism could render the internet as we know it 'unworkable'.
The inventor of the World Wide Web claimed that proposed laws could disrupt the established order of the internet.
'Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,' Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code.
If the code is deployed globally, it could 'make the web unworkable around the world', he said..."
“Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,” Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code."
www.independent.co.uk
Ps: Thats what exactly what I thought and wrote here before.
Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee has said Australia’s plan to make tech giants pay for journalism could render the internet as we know it 'unworkable'.
The inventor of the World Wide Web claimed that proposed laws could disrupt the established order of the internet.
'Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,' Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code.
If the code is deployed globally, it could 'make the web unworkable around the world', he said..."
“Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,” Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code."
Web inventor says Australian law could make internet ‘unworkable’
Warning comes amid rising tensions between Australian law makers, news publishers and tech giants
www.independent.co.uk
Ps: Thats what exactly what I thought and wrote here before.
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- Jul 27, 2015
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Tech Tent: Facebook v Australia - two sides to the story
Is the move to block news content a blunder or a justified defence of the open web?
www.bbc.com
That is my concern too, actually. Most people out there don't realize, but the internet is still relatively young, and still in its infancy. Invented in 1989, adopted by the first institutions in 1990 as well as the first interim web browser, only in 1994 got it adopted by the first and early 'consumers' of the internet as we know it today."Australian law could make internet ‘unworkable’, says World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee...
Internet pioneer Tim Berners-Lee has said Australia’s plan to make tech giants pay for journalism could render the internet as we know it 'unworkable'.
The inventor of the World Wide Web claimed that proposed laws could disrupt the established order of the internet.
'Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,' Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code.
If the code is deployed globally, it could 'make the web unworkable around the world', he said..."
“Specifically, I am concerned that that code risks breaching a fundamental principle of the web by requiring payment for linking between certain content online,” Berners-Lee told a Senate committee scrutinizing a bill that would create the New Media Bargaining Code."
Web inventor says Australian law could make internet ‘unworkable’
Warning comes amid rising tensions between Australian law makers, news publishers and tech giants
Ps: Thats what exactly what I thought and wrote here before.
It's still the cyber wild west, too many things depend on other things, rendering it almost unusable without Google for example. Hell for the most of the average user even completely unusable.
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Update:
www.theguardian.com
Facebook reverses Australia news ban after government makes media code amendments
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg announces a compromise has been reached at the 11th hour as the legislation is debated in the Senate
www.theguardian.com
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And another source:
www.9news.com.au
As you can see Facebook can be beaten.
All it took was 6 days of Australian authorities saying in one tone that every digital platform must pay.
Great job!
Facebook set to end ban on Australian news
www.9news.com.au
As you can see Facebook can be beaten.
All it took was 6 days of Australian authorities saying in one tone that every digital platform must pay.
Great job!
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