Article content Last month in Australia, Facebook showed its true face, and Canadians should take notice. The government of Australia — with support from all parties in parliament — last week legislated an end to monopoly abuses by Facebook and Google, and requiring them to provide proper compensation to news outlets in that country, whose content the web giants distribute without any compensation and profit from handsomely. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. Try refreshing your browser, or John Hinds: Canada must stand with Australia against Facebook and Google Back to video The fact is this disturbing situation is the norm in democracies around the world, where the two internet monoliths use their market control to scoop up the lion’s share of online advertising revenues (in Canada, Google and Facebook hoover up 80 per cent of internet ad revenues).