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Google Makes Deal With News Corp, Facebook Blocks News in Australia, Microsoft’s Cynicism

Posted onThursday, February 18, 2021Monday, February 22, 2021 Author by Ben Thompson

Google gives in in Australia, not to the government, but to News Corp. Facebook, meanwhile, pulls out; they are right on the merits, but terrible at the politics.

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