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>> They've not only blocked news pages but gov pages as well.

Couldn't this be a viewed as a criminal act by the Australian government? Could they arrest FB employees in Australia for FB HQ blocking their pages, especially with the vital COVID-19 information?



They didn't block their pages, they decided not to provide free hosting for them.

Those services are perfectly free to have their own websites that are not paid for or promoted by Facebook.


Twitter blocked the old US president too. There's no legal repercussion against a private firm.


>as a criminal act

What criminal act do you think applies here?




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