7 Thoughts Following Our Webinar “Facebook v. Australia” Featuring Brittany Kaiser & Jodee Rich

On March 2nd, we held our first webinar on data privacy with privacy experts Jodee Rich and Brittany Kaiser, co-hosted with Gilbert Hill, about the increasing power of technology companies over news stories, data privacy and data monetization, among other topics. You can view a replay of the webinar below:

Or you can read our 7 highlights below, co-written by Alexandra Brown

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What Happened

In recently enacted legislation, Australia required tech platforms like Facebook to compensate traditional news organizations for access to their journalism. As a result, Facebook blocked all news on its platform. Shortly after the block, Facebook agreed to negotiate fair compensation to the news outlets.

This transformational move by Australia comes at a time when governments, privacy rights groups, and others, are increasingly focused on how to keep powerful technology…