Facebook Inc said on Wednesday some content was inadvertently blocked on its social network platform when it banned all news content in Australia. The block on non-news content was, however, reversed quickly, the company said in a blog post. (https://bit.ly/2NCOMo3)After tense negotiations prompted Facebook to cut off news in the country last week, Australia offered a host of technical concessions and the social media giant said it would restore news as a revamped bill looked set to become law this week. Facebook said the news ban was related to a "fundamental misunderstanding" of the relationship between the company and news publishers. Subscribe to Mint Newsletters * Enter a valid email * Thank you for subscribing to our newsletter.

Source: Mint February 24, 2021 12:56 UTC