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{@https://feeds.twtxt.net/slashdot/twtxt.txt>#j5rn46q} What If the Government Ran a Social Network?**\n\n> A publicly-funded social network run by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation "has been proposed as one possible response if Facebook and Google limit services in Australia when the mandatory news code becomes law this year," reports the Guardian: Facebook has warned it will block Australians from sharing news if the landmark plan to make digital platforms pay for news content becomes law.\nThe proposal for a platform hosted by the ABC is among a raft of risk mitigation proposals in a report commissioned by the Centre for Responsible Technology, "Tech-Xit: Can Australia survive without Google and Facebook?" The proposed platform would connect the community without harvesting data in the way Google and Facebook do, and could rely on the wide reach of the ABC across local, regional and national communities, as well as the trust the invested in the institution by the public.\n"This analysis shows that two global corporations that play a dominant role in our civic and commercial institutions are prepared to threaten to withdraw those services to protect their own commercial self-interest."\n\n http://twitter.com/home?status=What+If+the+Government+Ran+a+Social+Network%3F%3A+https%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F2FFR9m5 http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyro.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F20%2F10%2F19%2F0126252%2Fwhat-if-the-government-ran-a-social-network%3Futm_source%3Dslashdot%26utm_medium%3Dfacebook https://yro.slashdot.org/story/20/10/19/0126252/what-if-the-government-ran-a-social-network?utm_source=rss1.0moreanon&utm_medium=feed at Slashdot.\n\nšŸ‘“ Read more...