Australia's planned content laws to not change despite Facebook block Facebook has strongly protested the laws and last week abruptly blocked all news content and several state government and emergency department accounts Reuters | February 22, 2021 | Updated 08:31 IST Australia will not change proposed laws that would make Alphabet Inc's Google and Facebook pay news outlets for content, a senior lawmaker said on Monday, despite vocal opposition from the Big Tech firms. Facebook has strongly protested the laws and last week abruptly blocked all news content and several state government and emergency department accounts. The social media giant and Australian leaders continued discussing the changes over the weekend.