nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20210226-153903-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 210226s2021||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20210226-153903-0 doi eng 342 23 De Gregorio, Giovanni Author aut Flexing the Muscles of Information Power On the Australian News Media Mandatory Bargaining Code De Gregorio, Giovanni Verfassungsblog 2021-02-26 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Since July 2020, the global news media industry has been looking at Australia’s draft code, that would force Google and Facebook to negotiate with news publishers, pay for news, share data and advertising revenues. Facebook, in response, decided to ban Australian publishers and users from sharing or viewing Australian as well as international news content. Soon after, the social media changed its view, once the Australian government decided to step back and negotiate with Facebook. This interaction is not just an example of how Facebook can influence public policies, but also shows how powers are relocated among different actors in the information society. funded by the government CC BY-SA 4.0 Australia Digital Constitutionalism Facebook Pollicino, Oreste Author aut Perotti, Elena Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://staging.verfassungsblog.de/facebook-flexing/ raw object