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AuthorDiana Bossio

Associate Professor, Media and Communications, Swinburne University of Technology. Diana Bossio is the convenor of the Media and Communications postgraduate programs in the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences. Dr Bossio lectures in both Media and Communications and Journalism at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. She is available for post-graduate supervision (see research interests below). Dr Bossi obtained her PhD on government and media representations of post-September 11 insecurity from RMIT University. She also facilitates The Burn magazine and the undergrdauate and postgraduate work experience programs at Swinburne.
Mark Zuckerberg. Michael Reynolds / AAP.

Facebook has pulled the trigger on news content — and possibly shot itself in the foot

by Diana Bossio Feb 21, 2021Feb 21, 2021

The social media giant claims news publishers derive more value from news sharing than Facebook does. But this is probably more about flexing some muscle. Facebook may be demonstrating to the Federal government that if it doesn’t like the rules, it can damage national interests.

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  • South Africa: Can it be a force for democratization and the rule of law on the African continent?
  • Looking beyond the lists for SA’s unsung entrepreneurial heroes
  • The world’s only Jewish state under attack: missiles, car rammings, terrorists open fire on innocent civilians over Passover
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