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

Meta used power in a way that threatened public safety during fire season and in the midst of a global pandemic in order to coerce the Australian Parliament. They deliberately shut down major Facebook accounts just to strong-arm the Australian government.

The tech giant's senior brass used a blanket news restriction across Australia in early 2021, which saw non-profits and government agencies' Facebook sites locked down as well, to acquire leverage amid tense negotiations over an approac...

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