>requiring Google and Facebook to pay news sites for reposting their content is very different from "banning its citizens from discussing any news online".
Part of the law says that Facebook has to grant access to News Corp. so they (and they alone) can moderate any and all comments posted on Facebook about any of their articles.
Part of the law says that Facebook has to grant access to News Corp. so they (and they alone) can moderate any and all comments posted on Facebook about any of their articles.
So, actually, yes, it's exactly that.