{"id":187804,"date":"2021-02-24T02:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-backs-down-on-bullying-in-a-win-for-journalism\/"},"modified":"2021-02-24T02:35:11","modified_gmt":"2021-02-23T23:35:11","slug":"facebook-backs-down-on-bullying-in-a-win-for-journalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-backs-down-on-bullying-in-a-win-for-journalism\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook backs down on bullying in a win for journalism"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Facebook<\/a> backs down on bullying in a win for journalism<\/strong>”
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Facebook has backed down from its bullying, making a deal with the Australian government less than a week after it tried to intimidate it into dropping a bill to make tech giants pay for content that drives their traffic. It\u2019s yet more reason the United States should follow the Aussies\u2019 lead.<\/p>\n

Facebook went nuclear against Australia\u2019s News<\/a> Media Bargaining Code last week, barring users worldwide from sharing Australian news and even pulling the pages of such critical government services as bushfire warnings and COVID information.<\/p>\n

Google, also a target of the bill that would mandate tech giants reach agreements with news organizations to pay for use of their content, did the right thing and started negotiating, making revenue-sharing deals with The Financial Times, Reuters and News Corp., the largest owner of newspapers by circulation in Australia (and The Post\u2019s parent company). Facebook, in contrast, opted to play bully. <\/p>\n

It didn\u2019t work \u2014\u00a0indeed, the intimidation campaign prompted Canada to start following in the Aussies\u2019 footsteps and help build a coalition of countries to make the tech giants play more fairly worldwide.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no doubt that Australia has been a proxy battle for the world,\u201d Aussie Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said Tuesday. \u201cFacebook and Google have not hidden the fact that they know that the eyes of the world are on Australia.\u201d He said Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has promised to make revenue-sharing deals with Australian news organizations and will restore Aussie news to users within days.<\/p>\n

In exchange, Australia agreed to give Facebook more time to negotiate and add to the bill a mediation process before final arbitration between tech giants and media outlets. And the treasurer will take into account a company\u2019s contributions to the country\u2019s news industry \u2014 signaling that Facebook knows it must give back to the journalists whose hard work has helped make its site a success.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a win for Down Under and for journalism. Washington should take notice and make the tech giants who make billions from advertising pay American media their fair share, too.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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