Facebook has blocked Australian users from viewing or sharing news links on its platform in reaction to proposed new laws in the country that will force tech giants to pay for journalism.
The new rules for Australian Facebook users mean that they cannot share Australian or international news and international users outside Australia also cannot share Australian news. "The proposed law fundamentally misunderstands the relationship between our platform and publishers who use it to share news content," Facebook Australia and New Zealand regional managing director William Easton said in a post on the company's site. "It has left us facing a stark choice: attempt to comply with a law that ignores the realities of this relationship, or stop.
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