Facebook vs "Australia" - I'm DONE with the media
5Blatant dishonesty from the media, government, and political/bureaucratic classes have pushed me over the edge with this debacle. Here's what's happened and why I've had enough.
P.S. I'm sorry it's a messy video... I mean my style is already like this, but I'm also still a bit sick, so there are definitely some moments where I get confused and maybe misspeak. Hopefully there's nothing too off the facts etc, but I just don't have the energy to double-check that either.
Google's 8-point response: https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-asia/australia/8-facts-about-google-and-news-media-bargaining-code/
Facebook's January response: https://australia.fb.com/post/our-response-to-australias-proposed-news-media-laws/
Facebook's recent explanation of events: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/changes-to-sharing-and-viewing-news-on-facebook-in-australia/
Another good one from Facebook I found after making the video: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/02/the-real-story-of-what-happened-with-news-on-facebook-in-australia/
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0:00 Intro
1:05 Background
8:17 The legislation
14:50 Why Facebook pulled news
20:36 Why I'm fed up
53:09 Where this leaves me
1:08:19 Reading my Facebook posts (the tl;dw)
1:20:47 Outro
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