The Land Down Under Facebook’s Thumb – DTNS 3970

Facebook had just started blocking news links from Australian sources worldwide and blocking Australian Facebook users from seeing any news links, in anticipation of Australia passing a law that would require Facebook to pay publishers to link to news content. What were the effects of the Facebook’s block and will it change anything?

Starring Tom Merritt, Sarah Lane, Justin Robert Young, Roger Chang, Joe

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