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How Facebook’s Australia News Ban Could Hamper Vaccine Rollout to Aboriginal People
Time
2/22/2021
Amy Gunia
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Police Inspector Owen Hortz is the first police officer to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at Gold Coast University Hospital in Southport, Australia on Feb. 22, 2021.
The COVID-19 vaccine rollout was never going to be easy in Australia’s sparsely populated, desert-covered Northern Territory. With many small towns located hours apart by road, organizers even considered using drones and dry ice to make deliveries.
But the vaccination campaign is facing an even greater uphill battle after Facebook removed news content across the country of 25 million on Feb. 18 following a battle over a bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay for the use of news stories. The ban also swept up Indigenous media organizations, meaning that Aboriginal people, who make up more than 25% of the region’s pop ....

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