Fewer publishers will build their business models and strategies around Facebook, according to Digiday Editor in Chief Brian Morrissey who said to be dependent on any platform at all would be “crazy”. He said publishers should not rely on someone else to solve their problems, “Facebook will do what’s in Facebook’s interest” and publishers’ interests might or might not align with that. The social media giant has been under fire for its role in the spread of fake news stories that have led many people to believe they were seeing real news. “They’re not scared”, he said.
Fewer publishers will build their business models and strategies around Facebook, according to Digiday Editor in Chief Brian Morrissey who said to be dependent on any platform at all would be “crazy”. He said publishers should not rely on someone else to solve their problems, “Facebook will do what’s in Facebook’s interest” and publishers’ interests might or might not align with that. He also said that the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) would not change the domination of Facebook and Google but governments, particularly in Europe, had interest in rebalancing the power. “They’re not scared”, he said.