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Pacific nation’s Facebook blackout tied to content ‘control’ experiment

Summary by South China Morning Post

Meta’s Facebook and Messenger remained inaccessible to users in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, over 24 hours after mysteriously going offline.

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Papua New Guinea lifts Facebook ban after terrorism crackdown

Papua New Guinea police said Wednesday they had unblocked Facebook after cutting off access in the Pacific nation because of a “counter-terrorism” operation. Meta’s Facebook and Messenger platforms had been inaccessible since mysteriously going offline on Monday. The police minister initially issued a statement praising a successful test of “innovative technology” to control misuse of

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South China Morning Post

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Pacific nation’s Facebook blackout tied to content ‘control’ experiment

Meta’s Facebook and Messenger remained inaccessible to users in Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, over 24 hours after mysteriously going offline.

8 days ago·Hong Kong

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The Straits Times

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Papua New Guinea loses Facebook during police ‘control systems’ test

Facebook remained inaccessible to users in the country on the afternoon of March 25.

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ABC Australia

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Facebook shut down in PNG in 'test' to stop 'pornography, misinformation'

Facebook users in Papua New Guinea remain offline after the government carried out what it described as "testing" to regulate hate speech and offensive content.

8 days ago·Australia

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Post Courier

Shutting down transparency and accountability’

Papua New Guineans woke up yesterday, shocked to find that their favourite social media platform, Facebook, has been blocked by the Government. The post Shutting down transparency and accountability’ appeared first on Post Courier.

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Fiji Broadcasting Corporation

Papua New Guinea bans Facebook to tackle misinformation

Papua New Guinea’s government has shut down social media platform Facebook, in what it describes as a “test” to mitigate hate speech, misinformation, pornography and “other detrimental content”. The test, conducted under the country’s anti-terrorism laws, began on Monday morning and has extended into Tuesday. Facebook users in the country have been unable to log-in […]

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