Canada and Australia have both taken interest in having their citizens paid as content producers on Facebook and Google's platforms. This news is a very bold step for these democratic nations to be taking against big tech, it will surely have a lasting effect for years to come. Finland, France, and Germany have shared interest in this kind of policy for the big giants as well.
"Australia has been on the bleeding edge of the world's push on how to regulate Big Tech better. Currently, Canada has announced that it is now considering similar legislation to Australia, while Microsoft has encouraged European and U.S. regulators to adopt the law." - The Epoch Times Australia
Facebook went so far as to restrict News content from being distributed on their platform, while Google took a moderate approach and started signing deals with News Corp, Seven West Media, and Nine Entertainment. The general consensus was not good to Facebook's decision and has since been mediated with the Australian government in a forward-looking approach after Australia's Prime Minister called the decision arrogant.
Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault condemned Facebook’s actions as “highly irresponsible”. Vowing to follow in Australia's footsteps with a similar policy.
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I'm not terribly familiar with what the battle is all about but if someone is sticking it to FB, I'm for it.
We'll see if they can actually stick to their guns on this. It would be nice if someone, somewhere, would stand up to FB so even though I don't care enough to look into this story a great deal more I am happy someone is doing something aggressive towards them. The best thing we could all do to hurt FB would be to stop using their products and I think a lot of people are doing exactly that.