Image: SIPA USA/PA Images Image: SIPA USA/PA Images AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER Scott Morrison has described Facebook as “arrogant” and “unconscionable” after the social network banned the country’s users from sharing news.
Several Facebook pages that regularly promote misinformation and conspiracy theories were unaffected by the ban and were not deleted. Some non-news sites caught up in the blackout gradually returned today, but Australians are still grappling with the fallout from the decision.He vowed to press ahead with the new laws, and hit out at Facebook for “cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services”, describing the company’s actions as “arrogant as they were disappointing”.
Facebook’s move came hours after Australia’s Treasurer tweeted that he had a “constructive discussion” with CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the legislation, which is currently being considered in parliament.
Source: News Formal (newsformal.com)