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The social media giant has blocked publishers from sharing content on its site
In
response to Australia’s proposed
new Media Bargaining law, which will enforce Facebook to pay news publishers for displaying their content, Facebook has
announced it will restrict
William Easton, managing director,
Facebook Australia & New Zealand said the proposed law: fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content. It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship or stop allowing news content on our services in Australia. With a heavy heart, we are choosing the latter.