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Facebook's Australia news ban shows tech giants don't mind giving up money to appease regulators and business, but will not give up control over platforms (Joshua Benton/Nieman Lab)

Joshua Benton / Nieman Lab: Facebook's Australia news ban shows tech giants don't mind giving up money to appease regulators and business, but will not give up control over platforms  —  [Warning: Violent and gruesome metaphor ahead.]  —  In The Usual Suspects (1995), there's a scene in which the true extent …
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