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		dandellion on July 1, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Twitter now requires an account to view tweets Something similar happened in Spain in 2014, when a local law would have forced Google to pay for linking or using abstracts. They shut down Google News. https://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2014/dec/12/google... It remained closed until 2022 when the law was changed and newspapers were allowed to negotiate directly with Google individually. https://www.reuters.com/technology/google-news-re-opens-spai...

ocdtrekkie on July 1, 2023 [–]

But Google and Facebook both said the same would happen in France and Australia, where they are now complying with both: Spain caved too quickly.

Hnrobert42 on July 1, 2023 | | [–]

Too quickly? I can’t tell if you are joking.

moneywoes on July 1, 2023 | | [–]

The Australia bill is different and allows negotiations no?

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