The WeChat model: how Facebook's ban could change the business of news in Australia

Robbie Fordyce

Communications & Media Studies

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ANALYSIS: If the current situation continues, it may leave Facebook operating in Australia much more like the Chinese platform, where news is ruled by platform-specific content houses cranking out huge volumes of low-quality articles.

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Period	19 Feb 2021

Media contributions

Title	The Conversation
Degree of recognition	International
Media type	Web
Duration/Length/Size	1100 words
Country/Territory	Australia
Date	19/02/21
Description	Republished at
URL	https://theconversation.com/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news-155629
Persons	Robbie Fordyce

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