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Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free pass

  • Written by Joshua Gans, Professor of Strategic Management, University of Toronto
Facebook versus Australia: the government hands Facebook a free passKiichiro Sato/AP

The Conversation is a great news site. But, for the most part, people don’t read it like a newspaper. Instead, articles on specialised topics are shared with other people. One way is via Facebook.

Yesterday, almost none of that was possible worldwide for the Conversation’s Australian content because Facebook opted to ban...

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