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Critics of wide-reaching move say professional journalism acted as a check on the spread of fake news; now it's been barred from feeds on the social media platform
For two decades, global news outlets have complained internet companies are getting rich at their expense, selling advertising linked to their reports without sharing revenue.
Australian arts and cultural organisations and venues are scrambling to plead their case with Facebook to have their sites restored after they were caught up in the social media giant’s blanket ban on publishing news. More than 250 cultural organisations woke on Thursday to find their Facebook pages had been wiped of content. They argue they do not meet the social media giant’s loose definition of “news publisher” under the ban, which swept the...
Misinformation fears after Facebook blacks out news in Australia
Facebook has prevented users in Australia from sharing news on its site, while Google inked a deal with News Corp. Facebook's ban has also caught up unsuspecting targets.