BigBucnNole
Elite
These fvcking arrogant asshats with shit education and no idea what the world looks like outside of Silicon Valley are about to get their ass handed to them. So Australia wants to pass a law, it's a stupid law. Basically to publish Ausstralian news, they have to pay australian media outlets. It's a last gasp of a dying industry, and a form of protectionism. Part of me says let the market kill it, but then what's the alternative? Faceboogle approved media?
Either way, they retards at tech HQ who live in these bullshit bubbles think they are actually god and more powerful than governments. So they are playing hardball and facebook just did a surprise attack and blacked out media in OZ. Well, I don't know who's exactly aware of international politics and faceboogle HQ, but the Brits just left the EU. Why does this matter? The brits are in the process of pushing harder and hardeer to revive Imperial Domain/ Federation laws first floated around at the height of their Empire in the 1800's. Basically independent domains under a unified foreign policy, migration, and military framework. It's called CANZUK. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Combined, the economic power is over 6 trillion dollars, with the third largest economy and military on the planet. They would span the globe and are an instant global power to compete with us, the Chinese and the EU.
You fvck with Australia, guess who's getting pissed?
news.trust.org
globalnews.ca
These are just companies, they don't have hard power like a fvcking nation state. Until Zucker can field a military with a hundred plus billion dollar budget, he has to follow the law. And the retarded part in all of this is it's unifying governments internationally against it. If they can block media in Australia, CANZUK isn't going to stand for it. Neither is the EU, and I'd hope the last vestiges of decent politicians in this country won't stand for it.
Either way, they retards at tech HQ who live in these bullshit bubbles think they are actually god and more powerful than governments. So they are playing hardball and facebook just did a surprise attack and blacked out media in OZ. Well, I don't know who's exactly aware of international politics and faceboogle HQ, but the Brits just left the EU. Why does this matter? The brits are in the process of pushing harder and hardeer to revive Imperial Domain/ Federation laws first floated around at the height of their Empire in the 1800's. Basically independent domains under a unified foreign policy, migration, and military framework. It's called CANZUK. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the UK. Combined, the economic power is over 6 trillion dollars, with the third largest economy and military on the planet. They would span the globe and are an instant global power to compete with us, the Chinese and the EU.
You fvck with Australia, guess who's getting pissed?
Time to get tough with 'bully' Facebook, UK lawmaker say
Governments worldwide are questioning what to do with tech giants like Facebook which have changed traditional media forever
Facebook blocks users in Australia from sharing news. Could Canada be next? - National | Globalnews.ca
As Australia battles Facebook in an effort to force tech giants to pay publishers for news content, Canada has made it clear it intends to introduce a similar plan.
globalnews.ca
These are just companies, they don't have hard power like a fvcking nation state. Until Zucker can field a military with a hundred plus billion dollar budget, he has to follow the law. And the retarded part in all of this is it's unifying governments internationally against it. If they can block media in Australia, CANZUK isn't going to stand for it. Neither is the EU, and I'd hope the last vestiges of decent politicians in this country won't stand for it.
