‘Arrogant’ and ‘wrong’: Australia slams Facebook’s move to block ne...
KEY POINTS[*]The social media giant on Wednesday said it will no longer allow publishers and users in Australia to share or view news on its platform.
[*]Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Facebook’s actions were “as arrogant as they were disappointing.”
[*]“Facebook was wrong. Facebook’s actions were unnecessary. They were heavy handed and they will damage its reputation here in Australia,” said Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said at a media briefing on Thursday.
[*]The Australian government has slammed Facebook’s decision to block users in the country from all news content on its platform — a move that ended up affecting access to several government sites.Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison called Facebook’s move “arrogant” and “disappointing,” while Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said it was “wrong” and “unnecessary.”The social media company on Wednesday announced its decision to ban Australian users from viewing and sharing news content. It came ahead of an expected decision by the Australian parliament to pass a new media bill that will require online platforms like Google and Facebook to pay news outlets for displaying and linking to their content.“Facebook was wrong. Facebook’s actions were unnecessary. They were heavy-handed and they will damage its reputation here in Australia,” Frydenberg said at a media briefing on Thursday.Facebook’s actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services, were as arrogant as they were disappointing.“Their decision to block Australians’ access to government sites — be they about support through the pandemic, mental health, emergency services, the Bureau of Meteorology — were completely unrelated to the media code, which is yet to pass through the Senate,” he said.Frydenberg’s comments were later followed by strong criticism from Morrison.“Facebook’s actions to unfriend Australia today, cutting off essential information services on health and emergency services, were as arrogant as they were disappointing,” Morrison said in a Facebook post.https://image.cnbcfm.com/api/v1/image/106841932-1613618215304-gettyimages-1302710697-a58i7364_20210218121819996.jpeg?v=1613617975&w=678&h=381
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