Facebook Surprises Australians with News Blackout

The Australian government wants Facebook to pay for linking to news websites.

Of course Facebook and other countries have no desire to pay every time someone posts a link to a news website, so they’re cutting it out completely.

The legislation hasn’t been enacted yet, so I assume Facebook is using this move for leverage to show people what the future looks like under the proposed government legislation.

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