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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has called for curbing Facebook's influence after the technology giant banned Australians from accessing some news content on the social media platform in response to the government's proposed media bargaining code.
The pages of health departments, governments, fire services and the Bureau of Meteorology were also wiped on Thursday. In a post on Facebook on Thursday, Morrison vowed that his government would not be "intimidated" by the move.
"Facebook's actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services,