Facebook gives our already battered creative industries another belting

In response to the proposed media bargaining laws, Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook have banned Australian publishers from sharing and viewing news content. If you’re into cat videos, conspiracy theory memes and snapshots of your mate’s lunch, then the new Facebook will be right up your alley. 

Australian Facebook users woke to a very different social media experience this morning with pages of their favourite Aussie news outlets showing the message, “no posts yet”. Australians are also banned from seeing international news content on the pages of the BBC, The New York Times and others. In a sign of the crude intimidation of the powerplay, Facebook’s ban has also had a disastrous impact on marginalised groups and…