Facebook has endangered public safety by blocking news on the platform in Australia during the covid-19 pandemic, according to Australias Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Facebook started blocking all news content for Australian users on Thursday in retaliation for a new law that would force large tech companies to pay news publishers for linking to their content. Facebook even briefly blocked its own page in Australia, as Gizmodo reported yesterday. Australia has a population of just 26 million, a little smaller than the state of Texas, so it doesnt have the geopolitical weight to throw around and institute antitrust measures like the U.S.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/facebook-endangered-public-safety-by-blocking-news-duri-1846303931