#DeleteFacebook is trending worldwide after the company disables sharing news in Australia.

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Sydney: Social networking site Facebook has banned Australian media from sharing news.

According to a foreign news agency, the Australian government has introduced a law under which Facebook will have to pay from Facebook’s revenue for sharing news and content on Australian media websites.

#Facebook has blocked all users in #Australia from viewing and sharing news on its platforms after the country passed a new law that would make it obligatory for tech giants to pay the government if they want the news to be circulated on their platforms.

Justified or oppressed? pic.twitter.com/HxUdAlunHL
— Fahad Khan (@MrFahadKhan) February 18, 2021

Facebook has banned Australian users from sharing any Australian media news or article on its page and wall. In contrast, Australian media will not be able to use their Facebook pages. Australia has called Facebook’s move “abusive.”

Facebook fears that if it recognizes the Australian law, other countries will follow suit.

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