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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government will not be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users.
He described the move to unfriend Australia as arrogant and disappointing.
Facebook is responding to a proposed law which would make tech giants pay for news content on their platforms.
It says the legislation fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between the platform and publishers.
Australians on Thursday woke up to find that Facebook pages of all local and global news sites were unavailable. People outside the country are also unable to read or access any Australian news publications on the platform.
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