Facebook Unfriends Australia
Facebook has blocked Australians from reading and sharing news content on their platform and has immediately come under criticism by news producers, politicians and human rights advocates. Particularly so as it became clear that official health pages, emergency safety warnings and welfare networks had also been taken from Facebook along with the news. Now Australians are being urged to delete Facebook.
The social media giant says it made the decision in response to the proposed news media bargaining code currently before the Senate, which would force Facebook and Google to negotiate with news companies for payment for content.