Facebook blocks news access in Australia as battle with Government heats up

in hive-116221 •  4 years ago 

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Facebook has blocked Australians from sharing news in an act of retaliation against government moves to make the social media giant pay for Australian journalism.

The move was seen as a milestone in the increasingly frantic jockeying between governments, media and powerful tech companies that one Australian minister called "an assault on a sovereign nation" and abuse of power.


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