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by humanlion87 1357 days ago
On a related note, Australia successfully pass a similar law that forced Facebook and Google to re-negotiate with newspapers and sign a deal. I don't know whether it was actually a good law or not, but it seems to me like there could be different approaches to making such laws and some might work and some won't.
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Matt Stoller certainly thinks it was good: https://mattstoller.substack.com/p/should-we-save-newspapers...

I haven't gotten round to reading that article in detail yet, but I find him pretty insightful when it comes to the harmful impacts of market consolidation.