Facebook has threatened to remove news content from its platform if a controversial journalism law is passed by the American congress.
Facebook news pages that got
swept up in the bans – Australian government communications, like messages about emergency services, as well as commercial pages were blocked. The Bureau of Meterology’ Facebook page, which provides essential weather updates for millions of Australians, was pulled, as well as crucial health communications pages from Queensland, South Australian and ACT governments.
Following an outcry, the company brokered an arrangement with the Australian government and swiftly reversed the block. At the time, a spokesperson claimed news makes up a tiny fraction of the content shared on Facebook and the tech company could afford to lose it.‘News makes up less than 4% of the content people see in their News Feed.’
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