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  Facebook's botched Australia news ban hits health departments, charities and its own pages

  

  theguardian.com

  Social media company’s ban on sharing news has also affected dozens of government, not-for-profit and community pagesThe Bureau of Meteorology, state health departments, the Western Australian opposition leader, charities and Facebook itself are among those to have been hit by Facebook’s ban on news in Australia. On Thursday morning Facebook began preventing Australian news sites from posting, while also stopping Australian users from sharing or viewing content from any news outlets, both Australian and international. Continue reading...

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  I Woke Up to Australia's Newsless News Feed

  

  wired.com

  For now, Facebook has walked back its clumsy surprise ban on news content. But the social...

  For now, Facebook has walked back its clumsy surprise ban on news content. But the social media giant has made clear: It can take news away again.

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  Facebook over-enforced Australia news ban, admits Nick Clegg

  

  theguardian.com

  Communications chief defends reversed ban, saying it is unfair to force tech firms to pay for...

  Communications chief defends reversed ban, saying it is unfair to force tech firms to pay for news content Facebook “erred on the side of over-enforcement” in removing links to hundreds of non-media organisations in Australia, Nick Clegg has admitted, in a blogpost defending the social media company’s short-lived news ban there.The former UK deputy prime minister, now Facebook’s vice-president of global affairs and communications,...

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  Misinformation runs rampant as Facebook says it may take a week before it unblocks some pages

  

  theguardian.com

  News remains blocked as satirical websites are reinstated and Qanon and anti-vaxxers continue to be unaffectedFacebook...

  News remains blocked as satirical websites are reinstated and Qanon and anti-vaxxers continue to be unaffectedFacebook may wait up to a week before unblocking some of the pages of hundreds of non-media organisations hit by its news ban, while anti-vaccination content and misinformation continues to run rampant on the social media platform.News was blocked on Facebook in Australia on Thursday morning in response to...

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