Facebook blocks news in Australia in warning for the world
Angus Whitley, Gerry Smith, Jason Scott and Georgina McKay, Bloomberg News
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Facebook Inc.âs decision to block news sharing on its Australian platform is an unprecedented show of force that escalates a legal standoff with the government and flashes a warning to regulators worldwide.
The tech giant imposed the restrictions early Thursday, an unexpected riposte to a proposed law that will force the company and Google to pay Australian publishers for news content.
Facebookâs algorithmic ambush switched off the main news source for almost one in five Australians. It also disabled accidentally, the company said a raft of government Facebook pages carrying public health advice on the coronavirus, warnings from the weather bureau and even the site of a childrenâs hospital.
Facebook blocks news in Australia in warning for the world
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