{"id":51160,"date":"2021-02-24T01:11:51","date_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:11:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/?p=16244"},"modified":"2021-02-24T01:11:51","modified_gmt":"2021-02-24T01:11:51","slug":"facebook-everyone-happy-but-nothing-is-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/radiofree.asia\/2021\/02\/24\/facebook-everyone-happy-but-nothing-is-changed\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook: Everyone happy but nothing is changed"},"content":{"rendered":"
After some turmoil, Facebook<\/strong> won the war with the Australian government as the necessary changes were made to the legislation that avoids them needing to make changes to their business model.<\/p>\n Those subtleties are lost in the general press. What counts for the popular media is that they were able to spin some great stories around the fact that Australia stood up to the giants and that brought international attention which boosted the ego of the Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.<\/p>\n So everybody is happy and nothing has changed. The digital giants remain as strong as ever.<\/p>\n As mentioned in previous analyses, the way that the Government has approached its battle with the digital giants has been flawed from the beginning.<\/p>\n