Power of GAFA: "If democracies are not vigilant, they will be overwhelmed"
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One of the photos published by the Australian press as part of the REUTERS - STRINGER Facebook trial
By: Charlotte Derouin
7 min
Facebook's decision to block news content in Australia this Thursday is a retaliatory measure by the famous social network against a bill that intends to force the tech giants to pay newspaper companies for the content they broadcast on their platforms.
The Australian initiative is widely followed around the world, at a time when the media are suffering in a digital economy where advertising revenues are increasingly captured by large technology firms.
The explanations of Thomas Fauré, president of Whaller, French platform for secure social networks.
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