Facebook VP Nick Clegg Defends Tech Giant’s Australian News Ban

Facebook VP Nick Clegg Defends Tech Giant’s Australian News Ban
An iPhone displays the apps for Facebook and Messenger in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. Jenny Kane/AP Photo
Daniel Y. Teng
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Facebook’s Vice President of Global Affairs has defended the tech giant’s Australian news ban, saying it was “legally necessary” to do so before impending media payment laws were legislated through the country’s Parliament.

Clegg, who is a former deputy prime minister of the United Kingdom, wrote in a blog just hours after the news ban was reversed, “Many people are rightly asking: what on Earth was all that about?”
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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