Facebook said it had blocked a wide swathe of pages in Australia because the draft law did not clearly define news content. It said its commitment to combat misinformation had not changed, and it would restore pages that were taken down by mistake. Publishers lined up to express surprise that Facebook, headed by founder Mark Zuckerberg, had taken such action. "So much for Facebook’s commitment to free speech," said a spokesman for MailOnline, one of world's most popular news websites. The Guardian Media Group, a British media company which owns the Guardian newspaper, said it was deeply concerned by Facebook's move.

Source: bd News24 February 18, 2021 18:45 UTC