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Robbie Fordyce, Fan Yang and. "The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard, 22 Feb. 2021. Web. 5 Jun. 2023.
APA
Robbie Fordyce, F. (2021, Feb. 22). The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news. Nieman Journalism Lab. Retrieved June 5, 2023, from https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-australian-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news/
Chicago
Robbie Fordyce, Fan Yang and. "The WeChat model: How Facebook’s Australian ban could change the business of news." Nieman Journalism Lab. Last modified February 22, 2021. Accessed June 5, 2023. https://www.niemanlab.org/2021/02/the-wechat-model-how-facebooks-australian-ban-could-change-the-business-of-news/.
Wikipedia
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