Facebook Has Pulled Its ‘Big Gun’ and Fired on Australia: Former Facebook Executive

Facebook Has Pulled Its ‘Big Gun’ and Fired on Australia: Former Facebook Executive
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Washington on April 10, 2018. Samira Bouaou/The Epoch Times
Rebecca Zhu
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The former chief executive officer for Facebook Australia and New Zealand, Stephen Scheeler, said the social media giant has pulled out a big gun and fired on Australia by banning users from viewing and sharing news on the platform.

The news ban, which has spilt over also to affect government and emergency services, is the social media giant’s retaliation to the Morrison government’s impending News Media Bargaining Code.