Facebook News Ban Sends Australian Media Traffic Tumbling

Facebook News Ban Sends Australian Media Traffic Tumbling
The logo of the social network Facebook on a broken screen of a mobile phone on May 16, 2018. Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images
Daniel Y. Teng
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Australian news outlets saw their web traffic take a tumble following Facebook’s dramatic ban on news-related content on the platform last week.

Data from Chartbeat reveals that across 255 Australian news websites, overall traffic from Facebook users in Australia fell by 13 percent, while visits from overseas-based readers fell 30 percent, according to the ABC.
Daniel Y. Teng
Daniel Y. Teng
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Daniel Y. Teng is based in Brisbane, Australia. He focuses on national affairs, including federal politics and Australia-China relations. Got a tip? Contact him at [email protected].
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