https://www.scmp.com/rss/508961/feed Robbie Fordyce is a lecturer in communications and media studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Facebook’s “news ban” in response to Australia’s proposed media bargaining code has been hard to miss if you have spent any time on social networks in the past day or so. The social media platform has effectively halted all posting of links from Australian news pages and stopped people in Australia from posting or viewing international news as well. The change happened overnight, and may be undone if either Australia or Facebook backs down. But if the current situation continues, it may leave... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3122663/how-facebooks-australia-news-ban-could-pave-way-wechat-model?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/3122663/how-facebooks-australia-news-ban-could-pave-way-wechat-model?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:00:10 +0000