2024-03-02
How is extorting Meta to pay for free advertising waging war on journalism? A link tax has got to be one of the dumbest ideas out there - somewhere up there with an unrealized gains tax - and a bill that leads to uncapped and unlimited liability to Meta whenever anyone links to a news site will obviously lead to Meta banning news. …
Bloomberg
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries
it was begun for hookups, parties, and puppies but readers and publishers added news in their own posts. News came to depend on Facebook for links and audience — that's why publis...
Right but that's the consumers decision to choose Facebook over news sites. News sites can block Facebook from linking to they sites if they want - but they prefer getting the free advertising. If we all decide that it's easier to listen to a Spotify news podcast instead of reading news websites …
Bloomberg
Meta plans to deprecate the Facebook News tab in the US and Australia in early April 2024 and stop signing deals for traditional news content in those countries
it was begun for hookups, parties, and puppies but readers and publishers added news in their own posts. News came to depend on Facebook for links and audience — that's why publis...