Facebook Deliberately Caused Havoc in Australia to Influence New Law, Whistleblowers Say

Le Monde — Australia: Facebook accused of deliberately blocking government pages to prevent the passing of a law

Facebook accused of deliberately disrupting Australia emergency services

A whistleblower group claims Facebook allowed a news ban affect vital services to gain leverage.

Whistleblowers claim Facebook’s chaotic Australia news ban was a negotiating tactic

Measures were meant to be "overinclusive."

Facebook took down Australian government pages to gain leverage as its parliament was considering harsh new tech laws, whistleblowers say

Facebook removed pages belonging to hospitals, emergency services, and more, the WSJ said. Facebook said it was a mistake.

Meta Deliberately Shut Down Major Facebook Accounts to Strong-Arm Australian Government

Meta’s sweeping news ban across Australia in early 2021, which saw the Facebook pages of non-profits and government ...

“Facebook blocks many unrelated services to negotiate Australian News Fees Act”

(Seoul=Yonhap News) Reporter Gu Jung-mo = Facebook deliberately ignored news such as medical and emergency news as a negotiation strategy against a bill to collect news fees in Australia last year...