Australia facepalms as Facebook blocks bookstores, sport, health services instead of just news
Reg writer on the spot reports that life without news links on The Social Network™ is just fine Share
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Facebook is being flayed in Australia after its ban on sharing of links to news publications caught plenty of websites that have nothing to do with news.
The Social Network™ announced its ban with a blog post and the sudden erasure of all posts on certain Facebook pages.
Links to news outlets big and small (including
The Register) are currently impossible to post to Facebook from within Australia. Australian Facebook users don’t see news links posted from outside the nation.