Facebook to restrict sharing or viewing Australian and international news content – ABC News

Australians are being blocked from accessing news in their Facebook feeds, in a dramatic escalation of the social media giant’s stand-off with the federal government.
Key points:

• The move is in response to proposed laws that would force tech companies to pay for news content
• It would also prevent people overseas from sharing Australian content on the social media site
• The company says “value exchange between Facebook and publishers runs in favour of the publishers”

Australians waking up this morning…

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