A senior Facebook executive has apologised for blocking health and emergency services pages but signalled the social media giant will not back down in a dispute with the government.
In this episode of Please Explain national editor Tory Maguire and media and telecommunications journalist Zoe Samios talk through Facebook’s spectacular throwdown.
Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg and his cohorts have repeatedly shown they do not mind a scrap. But this may be their biggest fight yet.
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd used an appearance at a Senate inquiry to compare Facebook’s news ban to the dominance of News Corp in the print media market.
If the lack of news is a deal-breaker for your use of Facebook,how can you delete your account – and what are the consequences?
The world is watching to see who will land the knockout blow in the dispute between Facebook and Australia.
The Chair of the Commons Digital,Culture,Media and Sport Committee has urged Australians not to let Facebook bully them,warning the social media giant will only bully the rest of the world if they get away with it.
The commissioner fears a planned change to the company’s Messenger app will make it harder for authorities to find and stop images of abuse.
The unprecedented move by Facebook to shutter social media sites could have hindered the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and people seeking help to escape violence.
Global leaders will be asked to back Australia in a fight with Facebook after the social media giant silenced news,health and emergency services in a bid to halt a federal law.
Dozens of major health,corporate,sporting and charity Facebook pages have been blocked after being caught up in the social media giant’s decision to ban news publishers.