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I just learned something new from a #Threads user re: laws on paying media sites for linking to their news. (See: https://www.threads.net/@aulia/post/C3r8CbLy1kI )
It turns out that, if any user shares a link to a News outfit located in countries with such laws, the platform/service is required by law to pay the media company. It doesn't matter if the user is from another country, different nationality, and citizenship. (The laws are not the same, but the idea or objective is similar.)
To quote aulia (https://www.threads.net/@aulia/post/C3sDO6-y1n0):
> In Australia Meta temporarily banned links to all known media sites on Facebook until they and the media and government came to an agreement.
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> In Canada local news publishers couldn’t login to their Facebook or IG accounts let alone post if they’re in the country, ever since the Canadian law passed. Regular users were also blocked from sharing links to news sites. Not sure if that’s been cleared yet there.
How will this affect #Fediverse instances?
To add to the above, #Fediverse software will probably need a filter feature.
Oh, and this will be a good use of the “#fediblock” idea. If fediverse instances are affected by these laws, then a centralised list of news websites to auto-filter/block will be beneficial for all instances.