Australia woke up to a blank feed on Thursday after the social media giant Facebook blocked users and media companies from sharing links to news articles on its platform. This also meant that Australians were unable to view the Facebook pages of news organisations from across the world. The social networking’s this move led to a widespread outcry as people rushed to Twitter to start a movement to boycott Facebook.
Since then, the social networking site has been at the receiving end, with many breaking up with the platform for good. Users took to Twitter with #DeleteFacebook to turn it into a global movement and urged people to boycott the company. The hashtag gained traction on the microblogging site across the world, with even #BoycottZuckerberg and #FacebookWeNeetToTalk picking up. This had led a rise in people removing the Facebook app from their devices.
Delete Facebook , Boycott Zuckerberg and Facebook We Need To Talk began trending on rival site Twitter today as fury at the move spread around the globe.
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#DeleteFacebook was trending today as fury at the firm s decision to ban news in Australia spread globally, with one US politician saying site is not compatible with democracy .
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