Thread by @thejuicemedia, The Australien Government has made an ad about the new media legislation [...]

The Australien Government has made an ad about the new media legislation it just passed, and it's surprisingly honest and informative!

Our Government just passed a new law, the News Media Bargaining Code, that fundamentally alters the relationship between Big Media & Big tech, so I thought we could do with an Honest Government Ad about it. Especially since other Govts are sure to try and emulate it...

Huge thanks to @Lizzie_OShea for giving me expert advice on the legislation and how it effectively aligns the interests of Big Media & Big Tech, a perceptive analysis that many seem to have overlooked. You can read more of Lizzie's take here https://overland.org.au/2021/02/facebook-vs-the-media-code-whoever-wins-we-lose/

Facebook vs the media code: whoever wins, we lose

In case it still wasn’t clear: Facebook is not a public service. Today, it has shown it by taking an unforgivably heavy hand to banning content – targeting everything from the Bureau of Meteorology...

https://overland.org.au/2021/02/facebook-vs-the-media-code-whoever-wins-we-lose/

Lizzie also chairs @DRWaus which has shittons of great material about the Code and surveillance capitalism in general https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2021/02/19/facebook-removed-news-what-now/

Facebook removed news—what now? - Digital Rights Watch

We can argue about who’s to blame, but let’s get something clear: the bargaining code has been a flawed approach from the start.

https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2021/02/19/facebook-removed-news-what-now/

Thanks to our special guests @MichaelWestBiz and @friendlyjordies for joining us on this Honest Government Ad! (our first ever cameo in the Honest Government Ads series yay)

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We’ll be back soon with the podcast companion for this HGA, in which we’ll discuss the topic in more depth.

And also the PG version which you'll find on our Teachers page: https://www.thejuicemedia.com/teachers/

Till then, take care

Giordano

Honest Government Ads for Teachers & Radio

By popular demand, we’re making PG versions of our Honest Government Ads available to teachers. So now you can use our videos in your classrooms without scandalising parents and getting your arses...

https://www.thejuicemedia.com/teachers/

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