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‘Disaster’: warning for democracy as experts condemn Meta over Canada news ban
(www.theguardian.com)
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They want what Australia has. Sure the law in Australia might not have worked exactly as written but the News outlets still got paid and have deals with Facebook. And that's all that they wanted. I'm guessing they'll take a harder stance on Canada to stop other countries from trying it.
The question of who gets to decide and what is and isn't a "News outlet" is seriously problematic. I also think that journalists ought to maintain an adversarial posture towards government and now we're creating a system in which "approved" journalists are dependent upon official recognition to receive legislated funding.