Facebook Australian news shutdown (extended version)(twitter.com) |
Facebook Australian news shutdown (extended version)(twitter.com) |
The Australian government made a policy to prop up a specific powerful media organization with wealthy donors who have falling readers and revenue.
Facebook likely took the easiest way out to remain legal and abide by Australian law.
Any distress with content not showing should be put towards the AU government after all it's a consequence and collateral damage of their policy.
I imagine over the coming weeks certain things will get restored as algorithms etc get tweaked for the edgecases.
The group was started to share reporting on the Royal Commission
The page owner estimates more than 2,000 articles were shared
The articles trigger reporting of sexual abuse as victims recognise their abuser
He said he started the group to share news reports on the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and it became a lifeline for many.
Mr Scutt said the group had grown to around 200 members from across Australia and still primarily shared news stories.
He estimated more than 2,000 news articles had been shared to the Facebook group since 2016, and said he was devastated to find they had all disappeared when he logged onto Facebook this morning.