This past week a couple of news stories caught my attention surrounding the way that technology companies interact around the world, often wielding significant power over issues traditionally under the purview of local governments and jurisdictions. First, Facebook made the decision to ban news from being seen or shared in Australia over a controversial new piece of legislation that would require Facebook to pay news publishers for content on their platform. There is significant complexity to th...
Published on February 21, 2021 22:00