Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook pages on Thursday (February 18) after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the government over paying for content.
Australians woke to empty news feeds on their Facebook pages on Thursday (February 18) after the social media giant blocked all media content in a surprise and dramatic escalation of a dispute with the government over paying for content.
Facebook ended a one-week blackout of Australian news on its popular social media site on Friday and announced preliminary..
Australia and Facebook have been in a standoff for more than a week over a draft law that will force tech giants to pay for news.