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		offby37years on Feb 18, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in... Link previews (headline, image, blurb) are a substitute good. Many would-be eyeballs never click through. Big tech profits, news media dwindles.

erklik on Feb 18, 2021 | [–]

Yet the code targets all links, not previews, just links. This is a cash-grab.

SilverRed on Feb 18, 2021 | [–]

News sites can opt out via robots.txt if they don't want to be in Google's listings.

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