By turning off news sharing,
Facebook has turned attention away from flawed government legislation and on to its own reckless opaque power • The day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackout
When Facebook removed vast swathes of
Australian media from its platform overnight on Wednesday the
Social Media company intended to shock the system of Australian government and media cronyism and send a strong message to regulators everywhere.
Instead, Facebook managed to turn attention away from a flawed piece of legislation and on to its own reckless, opaque power.