Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia

Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by g42gregory on Thursday February 18, 2021 @03:44AM (#26177459)

>> They've not only blocked news pages but gov pages as well.

Couldn't this be a viewed as a criminal act by the Australian government? Could they arrest FB employees in Australia for FB HQ blocking their pages, especially with the vital COVID-19 information?

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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by brokenmachine on Thursday February 18, 2021 @08:35AM (#26179608)

They didn't block their pages, they decided not to provide free hosting for them.

Those services are perfectly free to have their own websites that are not paid for or promoted by Facebook.

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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by TobTobXX on Thursday February 18, 2021 @06:33AM (#26178624)

Twitter blocked the old US president too. There's no legal repercussion against a private firm.

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Re:Changes to sharing and viewing news on Facebook in Australia by totony on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:29AM (#26178194)

>as a criminal act

What criminal act do you think applies here?

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