Fears grow Meta will block news on Facebook and Instagram as Australian government faces pressure to act Publishers and politicians are siding against Meta and urging Labor to force the company to pay for news

🎵 News ban, news ban, get your #newsban! 🎶

Could be another #FacebookNewsBan incoming for Australia

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Here we go again… #FacebookNewsBan

I have some new stats about the #FacebookNewsBan and its aftermath in this new @abcnews article by @JamesPurtill (👋 @QUT):

I haven't had a chance to share this yet - here's my chat with @PatsKarvelas on @RNDrive about the resolution of the #FacebookNewsBan. Feels like much more than a week ago... (👋 @QUT)

Now the #FacebookNewsBan in Australia has ended, here's a super-quick analysis of the impact on news engagement on the platform, to the extent that we can see it from the outside. Bit of a thread, so grab some refreshments and gather round, people. 🍿🍸

I contributed some data on Australian news posting activity to @JamesPurtill's @abcnews story about the #FacebookNewsBan. Great to see @Csquaredfisher from the @NewsMediaRC also featured here. (👋 @QUT)

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Oh great. Now LNP can spin this as a David and Goliath win instead of the failure of poorly written legislation wrotten to favour Murdoch, that it was.
#facebooknewsban
#MurdochRoyalCommission
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Just had a very quick chat with @SteveAustinABC about the #FacebookNewsBan and the changes to the News Media Bargaining Code. Early days for a considered analysis, of course, but hope I made some sense...

Judging by Paul Fletcher's facial reactions in this video, even he doesn't believe Josh Frydenberg's spin on the government's #FacebookNewsBan cave-in.

I had a long conversation with @sopphie from the @smh the other day about the likely impact of the #FacebookNewsBan on different demographics (👋 @QUT):

Hey @Facebook, just a quick check to revisit the 'mission' on your page. Cease the irrational and unlawful censorship in Australia or watch your global business crumble. Your conduct confirms Facebook is untrustworthy, hypocritical, unreliable and unwelcome. #facebooknewsban

It has been brought to our attention that our Facebook page has been affected by the #facebooknewsban. We are monitoring the situation. Our news and updates, will continue to be shared on our website, and via Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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It has been brought to our attention that our Facebook page has been affected by the #facebooknewsban. We are monitoring the situation. Our news and updates, will continue to be shared on our website, and via Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

victorchang.edu.au

It has been brought to our attention that our Facebook page has been affected by the #facebooknewsban. We are monitoring the situation. Our news and updates, will continue to be shared on our website, and via Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.

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I had a chat to @FortuneMagazine about the #FacebookNewsBan yesterday, too (👋 @QUT):

Just looking ahead a bit: if the #FacebookNewsBan is still in place tomorrow, just _imagine_ the amount of trash the government is going to take out in its media releases right before COB on Friday. 🤯🤯🤯

Sorry, @tagesschau, aber dieser Bericht über den #FacebookNewsBan in Australien ist ziemlich schwach. Der Name von Josh Frydenberg ist gleich auf zweierlei Weise falschgeschrieben, das Gesetz ist der News Media Bargaining Code (nicht 'Barging'), usw.