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Australia's Standoff Against Google and Facebook Worked - Sort Of
Remember when Google threatened to leave Australia if the country implemented a "news media bargaining code" forcing social media platforms to pay news publishers?
Wired reports:
Google and Facebook did not leave; they paid up, striking deals with news organizations to pay for the content they display on their sites for the first time. The code ... ⌘ Read more
This is such a load of bullshit! 
This stupid news and media bargaining code should never have been passed through the house.
What a Joke 🤦♂️ News in Australia is now basically Murdoch's narrative.
This is such a load of bullshit!
This stupid news and media bargaining code should never have been passed through the house.
What a Joke 🤦♂️ News in Australia is now basically Murdoch's narrative.
Is it just me or does anyone else think Journalism should be a state owned and paid for service?
You know.. Without bias or corporate BS
Our Taxes should pay for quality, non-biased news.
Is it just me or does anyone else think Journalism should be a state owned and paid for service?
You know.. Without bias or corporate BS
Our Taxes should pay for quality, non-biased news.
@prologic no, no, no. What makes you think being state owned will make them unbiased? Nothing state controlled is good. Well, almost nothing. At least in the States. Independent and competing is best.
@david I realize what you're saying ... But the problem here in Australia is news and media had but one monopoly organization: Murdoch media.
@david I realize what you're saying ... But the problem here in Australia is news and media had but one monopoly organization: Murdoch media.
@david And the problem you describe is corporations that "bribe" the prevailing party making most state owned and run organizations useless.
@david And the problem you describe is corporations that "bribe" the prevailing party making most state owned and run organizations useless.
So in Australia we have two major problems. And we're far too small for comparison to work 😢
So in Australia we have two major problems. And we're far too small for comparison to work 😢
the days the only news i pay attention to is over radio for weather forecasts. there's very little i can count on otherwise besides what i spend time pulling apart myself.
@prologic Do you really think the state/government has no biases whatsoever?
I don't think any online news sites should be paid for. There's already enough needless monthly subscriptions on the Internet as is.
However I don't mind having a few state owned/public radio and TV stations, funded from TV licenses, like we do here. These stations usually provide the best news coverage, debates and documentaries, as well as some basic coverage of sports, good enough for most people.
It's also good that there are now laws, prohibiting them from inserting ad-breaks into shows, unlike the commercial ones, that often insert so many of them, that the station becomes unwatchable.
@thecanine Yeah you make some good points -- On rethinking this maybe an NGO structure might work better? 🤔
@thecanine Yeah you make some good points -- On rethinking this maybe an NGO structure might work better? 🤔