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How Facebook managed to 'unfriend' Australia while Google came out on top
CNN
Facebook and Google are taking vastly different approaches to an escalating battle in Australia that could reset the relationship between tech and media.
In the face of a proposed media code that would force Big Tech to pay publishers for news shared on their platforms, Facebook (FB) has decided that it would rather just stop people from finding such content on its service altogether. The company's ban on news content in Australia, announced Wednesday, forced the pages of media organizations and even some unrelated essential services to go dark. But Google (GOOGL) — which just a month ago threatened to pull its search engine in the country if the law moved forward — took a different tack.More Related News