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Facebook announces UK trial to tackle climate misinformation

Labels to be attached to posts directing users to Facebook’s Climate Science Information Center

Even for a company that specialises in PR disasters, Facebook has excelled with its Australian blackout

By turning off news sharing, Facebook has turned attention away from flawed government legislation and on to its own reckless opaque power

I told you Facebook was bad – I even posted cartoons about it on Facebook

Even the Bureau of Meteorology were on the receiving end of Facebook’s despotic strongarm stunt

Prime minister Scott Morrison attacks Facebook for ‘arrogant’ move to ‘unfriend Australia’

The PM says the social media giant’s move to block news on its platform in Australia will harden the resolve of his government

‘Time to reactivate MySpace’: the day Australia woke up to a Facebook news blackout

Facebook users flocked to Twitter to complain about the ban, which also struck community pages, health departments, charities and politicians

Facebook’s botched Australia news ban hits health departments, charities and its own pages

Social media company’s ban on sharing news has also affected dozens of government, not-for-profit and community pages

Treasurer says Facebook has ‘damaged its reputation’ with Australian news ban

Company says it has made decision ‘with a heavy heart’ in response to proposed media bargaining code

Debate rages as Facebook prepares to say whether Trump can return

Controversy over former president’s ban has prompted letters from activists and record 9,000 comments

Google and Facebook: the landmark Australian law that will make them pay for news content

Despite protestations from both companies, the Australian parliament is set to pass legislation it says is needed to boost public interest journalism

Seven West Media signs multimillion-dollar deal to join Google’s News Showcase

Network becomes first large Australian media company to agree terms with search giant

Facebook v Apple: the looming showdown over data tracking and privacy

Facebook says collecting user data across the internet makes for ‘better experiences’. Apple – and privacy groups – are pushing back

The people using Instagram to find a life-saving kidney donor

Bo Harris says he was not only looking for an organ donation, he wanted to put a face to his largely invisible kidney disease

People of Myanmar in ‘great peril’, UN told as police clash with protesters

Human rights council meets as police fire rubber bullets in south-eastern city of Mawlamyine

Microsoft urges US and EU to follow Australian digital news code

Firm stood against Facebook and Google over plan to make tech giants pay news organisations

Facebook removes Craig Kelly post claiming children wearing masks is akin to abuse

Labor complained to Facebook about several of the Liberal backbencher’s posts, but the social media giant says others did not violate misinformation policies

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