Discussion

• @emilybell Emily Bell on x

  This piece is *absolutely fascinating* when read in tandem with Facebook's ‘commitment’ to - and expenditure on - journalism in the US and Europe. Could it be that the lip service paid to supporting journalism is ..just that ? (h/t ⁦@Moonalice⁩ ) https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @harrisonjames Harrison Sweeney on x

  @jason_kint @profgalloway @acccgovau @Moonalice If the world could call their bluff at the same time this might be true, but Facebook will be just fine without Australian news, and that will warn other countries off attempting the same.

• @pandemic_times Ed Day on x

  Was not exaggerating or being satirical in repeatedly pointing out “Australia has the whitest news media in the world.” Channel-flicking at 6pm alone confirms that. The news-consuming public is waiting. They've been waiting for decades. This isn't Google or Facebook's fault. http…

• @therealpbarry Paul Barry on x

  Facebook thumbs its nose at plans to make it pay for news. https://twitter.com/...

• @transatlantic @transatlantic on x

  @chrizap Why not tax Facebook? Isn't it possible to make FB pay taxes on every ad that is published in Australia, ie viewed by a Facebook user based in Australia? Seems to be a better solution than the proposal in the article.

• @avtarramsingh Avtar on x

  This would have some pretty terrible implications. • “Blogs” will report on the news - catastrophe. • Pages that aren't registered news outlets will pop up and distribute news anyway - bigger catastrophe. Most get news from social, they'll find ways. https://www.theguardian.com/ …

• @benwhitelaw Ben Whitelaw on x

  Judging by these comments, history will not look kindly upon the news execs that jumped on Google Accelerated Mobile Pages and Facebook Instant Articles. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  This is quite something: Facebook says it doesn't need news stories for its business and won't pay to share them in Australia https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @moonalice Roger McNamee on x

  My hypothesis: attention-driven platforms like FB have killed economics and impact of journalism ... and best plan is to get off them entirely. No more clicks. No more tweets. Work w/ Apple to build mass channel not based on attention. https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @wrightadam @wrightadam on x

  @jason_kint @acccgovau @Moonalice OK, anyone who knows the ACCC knows that they will not have this argument- they don't play games. So this statement was clearly meant for someone/something else.

• @matthewstoller Matt Stoller on x

  Facebook says news doesn't drive any revenue or profit and so it won't share revenue with publishers in Australia. Maybe. But two years ago Mark Zuckerberg negotiated hard with the Washington Post to make sure FB users could share around its paywall. https://www.theguardian.com/ …

• @deaneckles Dean Eckles on x

  In response to potential requirement to give ad revenue to news publishers in Australia, Facebook says it “could cut out news completely without any significant impact on its business” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @chetfaliszek Chet Faliszek on x

  Magically when they could inflate video numbers and harm those companies - worldwide it was sizable enough to commit fraud. This is just more dishonesty by Facebook. https://twitter.com/... https://twitter.com/...

• @donie Donie O'Sullivan on x

  👀 “If there were no news content available on Facebook in Australia, we are confident the impact on Facebook's community metrics and revenues in Australia would not be significant.” https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @jason_kint Jason Kint on x

  Read my lips. Facebook is bluffing here. Don't listen to them @acccgovau. Without the currency of news feeding through Facebook's bloodstream, they die a slow death. Globally. ht @Moonalice https://www.theguardian.com/ ...

• @chrizap Chris Zappone on x

  “Facebook has threatened to reduce the availability of news on its platform in Australia if a code of conduct forcing it to share revenue with media outlets is introduced.” https://www.theage.com.au/...