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Outrage over Facebook’s ban on Australian News

Facebook message to Australians (Getty Images); inset: Prof Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas

Facebook message to Australians (Getty Images); inset: Prof Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas. Source: Getty Images

Facebook's decision to restrict Australian news content on its platform has seen a swathe of other organisations caught up in the high-stakes dispute.


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By Kulasegaram Sanchayan

Source: SBS



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Facebook's decision to restrict Australian news content on its platform has seen a swathe of other organisations caught up in the high-stakes dispute.


Outrage has come from far and wide including human rights groups, welfare organisations, and health and emergency service providers who all had their vital alerts and information temporarily excluded from the site.

Kulasegaram Sanchayan talks to Professor Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Professor of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the head of Electronic and Photonic Systems Group at University of Melbourne, to find out more.


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