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Facebook s botched Australia news ban hits health departments, charities and its own pages

Facebook s botched Australia news ban hits health departments, charities and its own pages Josh Taylor © Provided by The Guardian Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian The Bureau of Meteorology, state health departments, the Western Australian opposition leader, charities and Facebook itself are among those to have been blocked on Facebook in Australia as a result of the company’s wide-ranging ban on sharing or viewing news. © Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian Facebook has removed dozens of pages run by government departments, community organisations, charities and satire news outlets as part of its decision to ban Australian news. On Thursday morning Facebook began preventing Australian news sites from posting, while also stopping Australian users from sharing or viewing content from any news outlets, both Australian and international.

Australia s fire services, charities and politicians blocked in Facebook s chaotic news ban

Australia s fire services, charities and politicians blocked in Facebook s chaotic news ban CNN 2/18/2021 By Ben Westcott, Angus Watson and Hilary Whiteman, CNN Business © Robert Cianflone/Getty Images A message is seen on Facebook mobile, on February 18, 2021 in Melbourne, Australia. Facebook has banned publishers and users in Australia from posting and sharing news content as the Australian government prepares to pass laws that will require social media companies to pay news publishers for sharing or using content on their platforms. Fire and emergency services. Domestic violence charities. State health agencies. Facebook s sudden and dramatic decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has had unexpected consequences for a wide range of government organizations and service groups, who woke up Thursday to find that their pages had been inexplicably swept up in the company s far-reaching ban, too.

Time to reactivate MySpace : the day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackout

At 5.30am Australian east coast time, after months of threats and failed attempts to lobby the government over proposed new media laws, Facebook banned the sharing of news in Australia. The first to notice were morning news producers. The main page of the national broadcaster, ABC, was down. Guardian Australia’s page was also down. Australians trying to post links to news publishers on their personal Facebook pages received an error message..

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