This follows Australian eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant weighing up approaching Google to “minimise the amount of content the Australians can see.”
Big Tech appears to be dusting off the same censorship tactics it used to influence the outcome of the 2020 presidential election cycle, an expert said.
WhatsApp is apparently back online, but some lingering issues are still being reported across other Meta services, engineering teams are investigating.
The issue has taken on global interest after an Australian entrepreneur was ‘fact-checked’ by the public broadcaster for his support of nuclear energy.