Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has already switched news off in Canada. Australia could easily be next – here’s what that might lead to.
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The news page on Facebook will go, and with it, the flow of money to some Australian media outlets. But will the news content disappear too?
A Meta spokesperson told The Conversation non-news pages had been taken down by mistake. Whistleblower allegations contradict this.
The internet of 2021 is not the open public sphere that early visionaries had imagined.
Facebook’s choice of profits over the people is difficult to reconcile with its commitment to free speech.
From screenshots, to rival social platforms, to the old-school method of visiting a newspaper’s homepage, there are plenty of ways to get your news fix without clicking on Facebook.
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Senior Research Associate in Media and Communications, University of Sydney
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LSE Fellow in Interdisciplinary Social Science, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Associate Professor of Communications (Social Media), Syracuse University
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Professor of Information Sciences & Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform, RMIT University
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Professor, Digital Media Research Centre, Queensland University of Technology