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Holding signs advocating for re-opening schools, families with children attending Wyoming Area School District stand on the sidewalk in front of the secondary center for about an hour Monday morning protesting district officials’ decision to institute a hybrid learning model later this month rather than full in-person attendance. Above: Joanna Pechal, left, joins others holding signs to advocate for fully re-opening schools in Wyoming Area School District during a demonstration outside the secondary center in Exeter on Monday. At left: kindergarten student Marina Banta holds her sign dur...

The only way to control tech giants like Facebook may be for governments to gang up Don Pittis © AAP Image/Lukas Coch/via Reuters Australia’s conflict with the social media giants may be an unequal battle but a group in Waterloo, Ont., says they may have a solution. It used to be that the most influential media companies in Canada had to keep at least one eye on the Canadian public interest whether they wanted to or not. Broadcasters are regulated through the Broadcasting Act, and while newspapers face less oversight, a restriction on foreign ownership means there is alwa...

Facebook Blocks Charities, Government Pages in Australia News Spat Bloomberg 2/18/2021 Georgina McKay and Jason Scott © Bloomberg The logo for Facebook is displayed on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in Little Falls, New Jersey, U.S., on Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Facebook Inc. is tightening its rules on content concerning the U.S. presidential election next month, including instituting a temporary ban on political ads when voting ends, as it braces for a contentious night that may not end with a definitive winner. (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc.’s move to ...

Facebook news ban sees anti-vaccine misinformation pages unaffected and posting in 'information vacuum' Posted ThuThursday 18 updated ThuThursday 18 Conspiracy theories and anti-vaccine propaganda are spreading while Facebook blocks trusted news sites. ( Share Print text only Cancel In the midst of an "information vacuum" caused by Facebook's news ban in Australia, fringe self-described news websites, some already known for spreading misinformation, are freely posting vaccine scare stories. Key points: There is confusion around what counts as "news" content Public health experts fear a spike...

Facebook blocks news in Australia in warning for the world Angus Whitley, Gerry Smith, Jason Scott and Georgina McKay, Bloomberg News Facebook Cuts Off News in Australia; Google to Pay News Corp. VIDEO SIGN OUT Facebook Inc.’s 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 ...