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Facebook 'to restore news pages in Australia'

23 Feb 2021

Facebook said on Tuesday it will lift a contentious ban on Australian news pages “in the coming days,” after the government agreed to amend a world-first media law fiercely...

FB blackout has exposed challenges inherent in technology

19 Feb 2021

Chris Stokel-Walker, The Independent A funny thing happened in Australia: millions of people were cut off from vital sources of information. According to Facebook, only around four per cent...

Facebook’s game plan

18 Feb 2021

As of midnight (Australia) Facebook has blocked many sources of news for their users . A number of sites simply report “no posts” and thus no news feed. Although...

Global uproar as news pages go dark after Facebook ‘unfriends’ Australia

18 Feb 2021

Facebook faced a worldwide backlash from publishers and politicians on Thursday after blocking news feeds in Australia in a surprise escalation of a dispute with the government over a...

Australia news media ‘large and small’ discuss Google deals

17 Feb 2021

Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such agreements, a minister...

Donald Trump returns to social media

06 Feb 2021

Gulf Today Report Donald Trump dusted off his old Gab account for a social media comeback in the wake of his purge by Silicon Valley tech giants. In his...

Myanmar military government blocks Facebook as resistance grows to coup

04 Feb 2021

Gulf Today Report Facebook services in Myanmar were disrupted on Thursday as Monday’s coup surged amid calls for civil disobedience to protest the ousting of the elected civilian government...

US singer Selena Gomez believes Big Tech is ‘cashing in from evil’

17 Jan 2021

Hours after an angry mob of Trump supporters took control of the US Capitol in a violent insurrection, Selena Gomez laid much of the blame at the feet of...

Twitter ban: A window into Trump’s mind goes dark

14 Jan 2021

Eli Stokols, Tribune News Service After four years of constant noise and controversy, President Donald Trump’s final days in office have been eerily quiet — mostly because Twitter took...

Consternation in Europe over Trump’s Twitter ban

13 Jan 2021

Twitter’s decision to impose a permanent ban on US President Donald Trump’s account has sparked some consternation in Europe, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel calling it “problematic”. The move, prompted...

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