The broad, blanket news ban implemented by Facebook at 6am yesterday, 18 February, saw the feeds of scores of community organisations and businesses that aren’t news providers temporarily blocked.
Real estate organisations have been affected by Facebook’s decision to ban Australian news content from its platform, with the Facebook pages of Domain, Allhomes and realestate.com.au all obstructed.
Today social media giant Facebook blocked Australian media sites from sharing news stories; however, ACT Health and ACT Government sites have also been blocked from view.
Responsible Technology Australia (RTA) is calling for more transparency from social media platforms, after a series of misinformation campaigns have been circulating about COVID-19.
An experiment conducted by Responsible Technology Australia has raised concerns it is too easy to post misleading and fake news on Facebook and for it to remain there indefinitely.
Google and Facebook will be forced to compensate Australian news outlets for their content under a mandatory code of conduct being developed by the ACCC.
Researchers from the News and Research Media Centre at the University of Canberra have been announced as the only Australian recipients of a $75,000 grant to analyse Facebook data.
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The generosity of Canberrans is always evident in the wake of disasters and tragedies, and the bushfire crisis proving to be no different, with many helping out those fire ravaged communites.
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