Facebook Invades Australia (259)

<p>This week Joe and Robert cover the big news that, after the passage of a media bargaining law, <a href= "https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/facebook-to-restrict-australians-sharing-or-viewing-news-content-20210218-p573j8.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Facebook bans all media companies from its app</a>. Shock abounds, with a number of sites that are <a href= "https://www.theage.com.au/national/deeply-unethical-royal-children-s-hospital-neighbourhood-watch-victoria-hit-by-facebook-ban-20210218-p573ne.html"> "not" media companies being affected</a>.</p> <p>YouTube tries to be more like TikTok and Snap and <a href= "https://techcrunch.com/2021/02/17/youtube-to-expand-shorts-to-the-u-s-add-4k-and-dvr-to-youtube-tv-launch-in-video-shopping-and-more-in-2021/"> launches a number of "short-video" strategie</a>s.</p> <p>And news from the passion economy with the launch of <a href= "https://www.lennysnewsletter.com/p/li-jin-launches-atelier-ventures"> Li Jin's Atelier Ventures</a>, a $13 million fund to support content creators and content creator tech.</p> <p>Rants and raves include Joe's take on <a href= "https://www.coindesk.com/what-are-nfts">non-fungible tokens (NFTs)</a> and Robert's commentary on how <a href= "https://www.ft.com/content/eff17124-daed-41c1-9c3e-8b2a617e5ad0">tech companies are taking over higher education</a>.</p> <p>------</p> <p>This week's sponsor: <a href= "https://accessibe.com/">accessiBe</a></p> <p><span style="color: black;">accessiBe, the company that <a href= "https://accessibe.com/blog/knowledgebase/we-analyzed-10000000-pages-and-heres-where-most-fail-with-ada-and-wcag-21-compliance"> conducted the research discussed on the show</a>, offers an automated, AI-based accessibility solution and ongoing monitoring for websites of all sizes. Hands free, affordable and ever-lasting, ensuring your website is always accessible for people with disabilities and protecting you from legal action.</span></p> <p><a href="https://ace.accessibe.com/"><span style= "color: black;">Get an acces