Delete Facebook , Boycott Zuckerberg and Facebook We Need To Talk began trending on rival site Twitter today as fury at the move spread around the globe.
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Australians dread loss of ‘lifeline’ Covid job subsidy
Canberra’s move to scrap $62bn scheme alarms businesses and unions despite economic recovery
World Economy News
18 Feb 2021 • 3 min read
Ebanie Fletcher has relied on Australia’s Covid-19 wage subsidy to support her family for almost a year. But the flight attendant is worried about her future following Canberra’s decision to scrap the A$80bn scheme next month as its economy recovers faster than expected.
The Conservative government said the A$1,000 (US$775) fortnightly JobKeeper payments were no longer needed because of its adept handling of the pandemic, which has enabled the economy to bounce back from its first recession in almost 30 years.
Here’s why ‘delete Facebook’ is trending Bethany Dawson
#DeleteFacebook is one of the top trending topics on Twitter today, and it’s all because Australian users will no longer be able to share news stories on the site.
A landmark bill put forward by Josh Frydenberg, the Treasurer of Australia – which is said to have enough votes to get through the senate – sets a code of conduct for Facebook and Google, forcing them to pay Australian media companies for their content.
Facebook has chosen not to pay, prompting a major backlash. Lot of people are saying they’ll no longer use the social media platform.