Punchy move from Facebook. It's just turned off news in Australia as part of its mission to - checks notes - 'build innovative & sustainable ways to support journalism for the long term' https://twitter.com/jason_kint/status/1362110948559970310
Your reminder of how much Facebook values journalism https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/23/facebook-says-warning-to-guardian-group-not-our-wisest-move
Facebook says warning to Guardian group 'not our wisest move'

GMG received legal letter from Facebook day before Observer report on mass data harvesting

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/23/facebook-says-warning-to-guardian-group-not-our-wisest-move
This is FB exec who's the face of this decision. She was also sent out as the face of FB's response to Cambridge Analytica scandal. Other times, she's serving hors d'oeuvres to senior editors in her 'airy Tribeca apartment'. Spin. Spin. Spin. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/technology/facebook-campbell-brown-news.html
Is Facebook’s Campbell Brown a Force to Be Reckoned With? Or Is She Fake News? (Published 2018)

As Facebook’s head of news partnerships, Ms. Brown, a former CNN and NBC anchor, is emerging as a surprisingly adept negotiator for her publishing vision at the social network.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/21/technology/facebook-campbell-brown-news.html
Facebook doesn't want Australia to decide what to do news. Facebook wants to decide what to do with news! 'We think we can do more through the Facebook Journalism Project'. Of course, they do. This is the @oversightboard problem all over again. Facebook wants to regulate Facebook
Never forget: Facebook turned off access to evidence-based journalism for an entire country in the middle of a global pandemic.
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