#The US press turns Soviet and other commentary

#The US press turns Soviet and other commentary

“#The US press turns Soviet and other commentary” From the left: The US Press Turns Soviet At his TK News site, Matt Taibbi recalls the cartoonish, everyone’s-a-hero-or-villain nature of Soviet newspapers — and worries: Some US headlines “lately sound suspiciously like this kind of work,” such as “Biden’s historic victory for America.” A Washington Post…

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#Australian PM slams ‘arrogant’ Facebook for banning news content

#Australian PM slams ‘arrogant’ Facebook for banning news content

“#Australian PM slams ‘arrogant’ Facebook for banning news content” Australia’s prime minister on Thursday slammed Facebook’s “arrogant,” retaliatory move to yank news content from its site — as he and other leaders refused to bow to pressure from Silicon Valley. “Facebook’s actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency…

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#Facebook faces boycott campaign after banning news in Australia

#Facebook faces boycott campaign after banning news in Australia

“#Facebook faces boycott campaign after banning news in Australia” Facebook is facing a boycott campaign over its controversial move to ban users’ access to news in Australia amid a pay dispute with publishers. Early Thursday, “Delete Facebook,” “Boycott Zuckerberg” and “Facebook We Need To Talk” began trending on other social networks as anger over the…

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#Ex-Australian Facebook CEO urges users to ‘delete the app’

#Ex-Australian Facebook CEO urges users to ‘delete the app’

“#Ex-Australian Facebook CEO urges users to ‘delete the app’” The former chief executive of Facebook’s Australian business urged users to delete the social network’s app in response to Mark Zuckerberg’s “sad” decision to block news from the platform in the country. Stephen Scheeler, the ex-boss of Facebook Australia and New Zealand, said in an interview…

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#News Corp and Google reach global news sharing deal

#News Corp and Google reach global news sharing deal

“#News Corp and Google reach global news sharing deal” News Corp., the parent company of the New York Post and the Wall Street Journal, said it has reached a three-year agreement to provide content from its news sites around the globe to Google in exchange for “significant payments” from the search giant. The deal appears…

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