Facebook’s decision to temporarily pull the plug on news in Australia was a “nuclear” option that must be avoided, Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden has warned.
He confronted Facebook communications chief Sir Nick Clegg in a meeting on Thursday to express the Government’s concerns, saying Whitehall “won’t shy away from intervening to protect the interests of the public” if needed.
The Digital Secretary intends to bring up the matter during the UK’s G7 Summit in June, when world leaders from the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the US and the EU will convene in Carbis Bay, Cornwall.
Repeat of Facebook s decision to ban news must be avoided, warns Dowden
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Repeat of Facebook s decision to ban news must be avoided, warns Dowden
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